by Janelle Roker | Oct 14, 2023 | Change, Coaching, Leadership
Part of my role as an executive coach is to create space for clients to voice their frustrations. For frustrated business owners, identifying and naming what isn’t working is the first step to creating change. When my clients are frustrated, I ask them to describe...
by Janelle Roker | Sep 25, 2023 | Career Transition, Change, Coaching, Creativity, Leadership
“Leaders with no discernment can do tremendous damage in a short amount of time.” -Mel Lawrence We all get overwhelmed by too much happening at once. Maybe you’re overwhelmed by all the meetings and commitments on your calendar. Perhaps you’ve reached your...
by Janelle Roker | Apr 14, 2023 | Coaching, Leadership
My role as a business coach is to bring out the best in my clients. There are no cookie-cutter ways to lead. It’s about being true to who you are and who you are becoming. As I work with executives, I watch them grow into better versions of themselves. And once this...
by Janelle Roker | Mar 23, 2023 | Change, Creativity, Leadership
Confession. I like to be right. Most of us do. But I’ve learned the hard way that being right is limiting. My motives for being right are often founded in my good intention of helping others be right too. But my focus on right sometimes ends up creating lines of...
by Janelle Roker | Nov 27, 2022 | Leadership
Effective mentors help their employees find new ways to use their skills and talents. They give them the confidence to do more. But mentoring employees takes time, and it’s often hard to know where to start. With the daily distractions businesses face, mentoring often...
by Janelle Roker | Oct 22, 2022 | Change, Goals, Leadership
Fall is the perfect time to start planning if you’re creating a business strategy for the new year. If you want your team to “hit the ground running” in January, they need an idea of where you want them to end up. And this is where a few lessons from growing up on a...
