Do you know who you're talking to?

By Marianne Renner: Leadership Coach, Speaker, Author Knowing your audience will help you get what you want I recently spoke to a group of business owners in the creative services industry. We spent some time talking about how to handle…

Talk back to Imposter Syndrome

By Marianne Renner: Leadership Coach, Speaker, Author Have you ever felt like you don't belong in a room full of successful people, and you think to yourself, “it's just a matter of time before they find out I’m a fraud!” Believe…

Going the extra mile: take this 30-day challenge and see what happens next!

By Marianne Renner: Leadership Coach, Speaker, Author I remember years ago my dad telling me, "it doesn't matter what you do, but always do your best." I was talking with someone recently who was telling me about new responsibilities…

The greatest problem-solving tool you can use

Have you ever been summoned to the conference room, for an all-day, intensive problem-solving session? You spend the day locked in a room with the best minds in the company,  the flip chart paper, the white board, the markers, the PowerPoint…

The power of daily habits: the smallest change makes the biggest impact

By Marianne Renner: Leadership Coach, Speaker, Author In doing some research for a coaching workshop on work-life balance, I came across an interesting statistic that states up to 80% of what we do every day is automatic. I started thinking…

Reaching Goals: chances of success increase if you write them down

By Marianne Renner, Leadership Coach, Speaker, Author Today, as I walked to my mailbox,I could see a large yellow envelope jutting out from the box. I couldn’t wait to see who it was from. From the return address, I knew it was a book…

Limiting beliefs: weeding out those negative thoughts

By Marianne Renner, Leadership Coach, Speaker, Author Over the years, I have spent countless, yet rewarding hours in my yard planting and maintaining more than 2,000 square feet of perennials. I love my yard with its gorgeous sprays of…

Work-Life Balance? Or do we want something else?

By Marianne Renner: Leadership Coach, Speaker, Author Lately, I’ve been hearing a lot from people who tell me they want help with the familiar old problem of work-life balance. One client literally said to me recently, “my job is sucking…

Thinking differently - why so tough?

By Marianne Renner: Leadership Coach, Speaker, Author By now, most people are familiar with the picture of the old lady in Stephen Covey’s highly acclaimed book, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Or wait, is it the young lady? The…

The Power of Progress

By Marianne Renner: Leadership Coach, Speaker, Author What’s the difference between someone who gives up on a goal, dream or idea, and someone who pushes through all the way to the finish line? Why do some people get excited about a…