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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…

Sweet Mystery of Life (and how it all works)

Laurel Ross July 14, 2015 No Comments

“The number of habitable worlds in our galaxy is certainly in the tens of billions, minimum, and we haven’t even talked about the moons. And the number of galaxies we…

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…

Remember the Clue!

Laurel Ross March 23, 2015 No Comments

It’s the lightening round at the end of the game. You still have one chance to pull out the win. The words fly onto your screen from right and left:…

It’s the Lights

Laurel Ross December 5, 2014 No Comments

One of my favorite things about the holidays is all the lights in the neighbor. As December 25th approaches, more and more lights appear: icicles, strings, lighted deer scattered…

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…

YOU are the Leader!

Laurel Ross April 29, 2013 No Comments

Have you ever been in a conversation with someone who didn’t understand you? It’s like this: you are trying to explain your view or position on a certain subject and…

Where is the Love?

Laurel Ross March 19, 2013 No Comments

I love that old Roberta Flack and Donnie Hathaway song, don’t you? “Where is the love, you said you’d give to me through eternity, will it ever be? Where is…

The Real You: Public and Private

Laurel Ross March 4, 2013 No Comments

What kind of a gap between public and private self do you experience in your daily life? Do you find yourself thinking one thing and doing another? Do you make…

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…

You’re Right! What Now?

Laurel Ross January 21, 2013 1 Comment

Do you ever catch yourself in the middle of a tirade against yourself? I mean, really hollering at yourself inside your own head? I catch myself more often than I’d…

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…

Dream a Little Dream

Laurel Ross January 7, 2013 No Comments

Have you been thinking about about New Year’s resolutions? Some of us use this time of year to dust off our old ambitions and make another attempt at wishes unfulfilled.…

Why Bother?

Laurel Ross December 17, 2012 No Comments

The world has changed—did you notice? Last Friday, a young man walked into an elementary school in Connecticut and killed 20 children and 4 adults. Like you, I was stunned…

Everything is Personal

Laurel Ross December 3, 2012 No Comments

Has anyone ever told you: “don’t worry about it–it isn’t personal”? Well, I’m here to suggest to you that it IS personal–in fact, it may be that everything is personal. As…

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

Why Leadership Coaching Matters

Sweet Mystery of Life (and how it all works)

Knowing Beyond Knowing: Intuition

Here’s the Choice: Do Your Best!

Remember the Clue!

It’s the Lights

Get Busy Loving

Playing with the IS-ness

YOU are the Leader!

Where is the Love?

The Real You: Public and Private

Change Your Password

Finding Your True Abundance

My Favorite Question

The Power of the Story

You’re Right! What Now?

Where Are Your Feet?

Dream a Little Dream

Why Bother?

Everything is Personal

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