My Zappos Tour Experience

Truly, this is Tony - his office is in the middle of everything!!!

Do you know about Zappos.com? Have you read Tony Hsieh and Delivering Happiness? If not, you have no idea what you are missing. After having read this awesome book last summer, I wondered if the culture that it portrayed existed in real life?

Lo and behold, I found that Zappos.com had not only a great blog and twitter-buddies for me, but an Insights team and a tour – for free – at their office in Las Vegas!

My husband and I took the tour in January. It was awesome! The book and real life are authentic. What a way to lead and live. Congratulations to the team at Zappos.com for making the world a better place!  You need to read this book!!

Professional Success Coaching Relationship

A coaching relationship is a two-way street and when Solstice Group Coaching becomes a participant in  a relaotionship with you, the client, your role will be focused on making success coaching time a priority. Professionall Success coaching participants will connect to the answers that are within themselves - looking to become a more authentic leader, a better mentor, to change old habits and develop new ones, to buildd a successful business, and to finally, create the life they want to live. 

When participating in professional success coaching, clients are prompted to be honest and look inside themselves for the answers. Clients should be prepared to be open-minded when offered creative suggestions and be ready to change if necessary. Professional success coaching focuses on leadership, although clients do not necessarily have to be a CEO or bear any title to act like a leader every day of their lives.


Connect with Solstice Group Coaching to learn how Professional Success Coaching can move you and your business toward the vision you have for the future.

Leadership and Life Connect

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Discover personal growth, learn to be authentic, share experiences in development, growth and simply the turning points in life.

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It's My Birthday!

My Gift to You!

Yes, today I move along the timeline to start a new year in my life. I try to take time at the beginning of the year to map out what I would like my goals to be, then on my birthday I check-in with myself to see how I am doing.

So far this year, I am behind on 2 goals and ahead on 3.  Not bad (last year was worse).  I have left behind some toxic emotional baggage that was affecting how I led myself and feel lighter and better for it.

I thought I would leave a gift here for you....just something to think about.

Find Power...

In your mind

Learn from mistakes and move forward

Look for opportunities to grow

Take a chance and do something new

Find Power...In your body

Push your boundaries of strength

Tap into your energy stores

Eat right and get SLEEP!

FInd Power...In your heart

Think of memorable moments

Say I love you

Be grateful!

Find Power...In your leadership

Be true, authentic

Live gracefully

Follow your dreams.

Leadership and Commitments

To be a leader that has actual followers, you need to be able to demonstrate that you can keep commitments. Keeping commitments builds trust, shows you are reliable and dependable, shows the team that you care about them, and gives a solid example to follow.


Successful leaders realize and keep close to their heart the fact that people remember every action one completes, not necessarily every word. If you say you are going to do something, then do it! Otherwise it is an empty promise or commitment and then come the excuses of "I forgot" or "I ran out of time" etc. Every time an excuse is made, trust starts to break down. As trust breaks down so does your ability to lead.
 A simple way to keep commitments is to only make commitments that you intend to keep. Leadership is not easy and sometimes saying 'no' with a proper explanation will earn you more trust and determine your leadership success than saying 'yes' and no following through.

After you have made a commitment, write it down and keep track of it - whether there is a deadline involved, which you will need to follow up with during and after the course of action, even any roadblocks along the way so that you can understand and learn from your own actions. Do whatever it takes to follow through - your leadership is on the line.
 As a successful leader, you earn trust. By setting a good example in your business, you set the expectation of keeping commitments and integrity. Who wouldn't want to be known for that?

Have Courage

There are a lot of words that can describe courage - bravery, guts, nerve, daring, pluck, even audacity and heroism. If you act authentically, you will definitely be a person who has courage. Courage is not only for leaders and risk-takers; courage is a trait you have when you act within your values.



Acting authentically tells us that you have a set of values that reflect in every decision that you make, every action you complete, every thought that you have. Many times we can be pulled in directions that may not correspond to our values. This is the time that courage steps up and helps us to find the decision or action that keeps us true to ourselves. You could call yourself ‘plucky’ at this time!


Having courage to do what is right, even in the face of doing what is easy takes courage and the risk you assume by doing so, may lead you to understand how you operate in the face of adversity and pressure. Keeping a strong focus on our values makes having ‘guts’ easier.


Following that, we can also say that standing up against what is wrong and speaking out to defend others who need it can certainly be called courageous and brave – think of the last time you spent a few minutes debating right and wrong with someone. Did you step in to the conversation to make a point because you felt compelled to help them understand your viewpoint? Did you take a risk by doing this? You acted with your conscience and values – congratulations! You are courageous.


Here are a few circumstances that define courage:


Following your heart instead of your peers


Staying out of gossip and disrespectful behavior


Letting others take the lead for their own benefit instead of your own


Taking responsibility for your actions


Apologizing


Sticking to your message, even when others do not agree


Follow the rules – be the example that everyone follows


Look for better ways to do everything – challenge and continuously improve


How courageous are you?