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Failure is Not an Option

By Jo Ilfeld, PhD | May 9, 2013 |

It’s May 2013 – have you met your 2013 goals yet? More importantly – are you ready to fail at them? On a recent trip changing planes in the Houston airport, I walked past a t-shirt kiosk with “I Love Texas” tees and various sayings. One had the motto “Failure is not an option” boldly…

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Is Marketing a Ploy?

By Jo Ilfeld, PhD | April 4, 2013 |
is marketing a ploy?

No matter what issue in their lives or business have brought clients to my door, at some point the conversation always turned to their marketing plan (or lack thereof). Of course this is normal: if you have a business, you’re going to need to do marketing. It’s up to you to figure out how to…

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My Top 5 Take Aways from Wisdom 2.0

By Jo Ilfeld, PhD | March 20, 2013 |
My Top 5 Take Aways from Wisdom 2.0

Wisdom 2.0 is where the High-Tech world of Silicon Valley meets the Low-Tech world of mindfulness, meditation and self-awareness. For me it is the perfect blend that inspires my coaching; essentially how you survive in the business without losing yourself in it.

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What Kind of Leader Are You?

By Jo Ilfeld, PhD | January 31, 2013 |

I recently discovered a well-established leadership theory (Rooke and Torbert, HBR April, 2005) that divides individuals into 7 types of leaders. The theory, as it reads, conceives these 7 leadership types as different developmental levels that people evolve through on their leadership path.

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