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The Top 3 Reasons Change Efforts Fail — and How Transformational Leadership Can Help

Laurel Ross March 25, 2023 No Comments

Change is inevitable, yet change efforts often fail to deliver the intended results. In fact, studies[1] have shown that approximately 70% of change initiatives fail to meet their objectives. Among [...]

Why Leadership Coaching Matters

Laurel Ross January 24, 2021 3 Comments

In the past ten years, Executive or Leadership coaching has gone from being viewed with skepticism to a business trend that garners over 1 billion dollars each year. What is [...]

Knowing Beyond Knowing: Intuition

Laurel Ross July 6, 2015 No Comments

Intuition is a popular subject these days. References to it saturate social media. I see everything from advice on how to improve my intuition, to tests to discover whether or [...]

Here’s the Choice: Do Your Best!

Laurel Ross April 1, 2015 1 Comment

Last Monday, Alberto Zamora arrived home later than usual. He opened his garage door and drove in. He was eager to see his wife and new baby daughter after a [...]

Get Busy Loving

Laurel Ross January 26, 2014 1 Comment

On January 19th, 1967, a man named Michael Daugherty, shot and killed my father, Peter Keefe in Costa Mesa CA. My father had gone out that night after dinner at [...]

Playing with the IS-ness

Laurel Ross May 6, 2013 No Comments

Huh? What’s that? –you ask. As we turn the focus of our attention back to our own quiet center, we are also re-turning our attention to the IS-ness: that which [...]

Change Your Password

Laurel Ross February 19, 2013 No Comments

Do you ever have trouble remembering your password?? Why not use your passwords to give yourself an affirmation. Now that we have to log in for EVERYTHING, I have discovered [...]

Finding Your True Abundance

Laurel Ross February 11, 2013 No Comments

Do you have enough of what you need to be happy? What else do you need? Money? A job? What is it? We can lose ourselves in the fear of [...]

My Favorite Question

Laurel Ross February 4, 2013 1 Comment

I love it when people ask me: “What can I do to live a spiritual life?” I love it because it is so easy to answer. I’ve heard other teachers, [...]

The Power of the Story

Laurel Ross January 28, 2013 No Comments

Are you aware of the stories you tell yourself day-to-day and minute-to-minute? It’s not your fault if you are not aware–nor are you bad/wrong/unenlightened–if you haven’t noticed it yet. The [...]

Where Are Your Feet?

Laurel Ross January 14, 2013 No Comments

As we step into this New Year, full of exciting changes and opportunities, it seems worth taking a moment to think about our feet. If you’re like me, you probably [...]

What Are Your Gifts?

Laurel Ross December 10, 2012 1 Comment

I have been using the Enneagram both personally and professionally for about 15 years. Though I am certified in (MBTI) Meyer-Briggs Temperament Indicator, I actually prefer the Enneagram’s 9 Personality [...]

I am not the Boss of you!

Laurel Ross November 13, 2012 No Comments

One of the pitfalls that comes with coaching people happens when they give me the role of being their “judge.” I feel so sad about this because if they knew [...]

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The Top 3 Reasons Change Efforts Fail — and How Transformational Leadership Can Help

Why Leadership Coaching Matters

Knowing Beyond Knowing: Intuition

Here’s the Choice: Do Your Best!

Get Busy Loving

Playing with the IS-ness

Change Your Password

Finding Your True Abundance

My Favorite Question

The Power of the Story

Where Are Your Feet?

What Are Your Gifts?

I am not the Boss of you!

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