[SESSION IS FULL] Stop Comparing to Drive Success
Comparison kills, plain and simple. Comparison kills initiatives, careers, our ability to lead, and our well-being. By its very nature, comparison takes out an enormous megaphone, loudspeaker, football field-sized video screen, and broadcasts: YOU ARE NOT ENOUGH. If that weren’t bad enough, we expend a tremendous amount of our cognitive, emotional, and physical resources when we live compare ourselves to others. We spend vital energy looking to see who is above us on the ladder, who is below us, and sometimes strategizing how to get to the next rung. There is, however, an alternative; we can step off the ladder altogether. We can turn those cognitive, emotional, and physical resources toward different outcomes. We can be more successful, make more money, drive more significant contributions to our teams and companies, and enjoy ourselves more by learning to stop comparing.
One recurring theme Barbara has discovered in her coaching is that women often waste enormous energy comparing what they are doing now and what they should be doing in the future against someone else’s measurement criteria. Join Barbara Burgess for an interactive session where you’ll learn skills for stepping off the ladder of comparison and forging your own future.
Speaker
Barbara Burgess
Barbara Burgess is a corporate consultant, coach, program developer, trainer and specialist in the areas of transformational leadership, social and emotional intelligence, women’s leadership and employee empowerment. She has over 30 years of experience in a broad range of industries, including nonprofit, healthcare, industrial supplies, association management, financial services and consumer goods.
Barbara founded Corluma, a consulting and executive coaching practice based in Chicago. As the former COO at the Wright Foundation, Barbara spent 22 years overseeing operations, finances, HR, marketing and sales, while co-leading a consulting division. Prior to consulting and nonprofit management, Barbara served as the director of internet marketing for the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and an internet commerce brand manager for W.W. Grainger industrial supplies.
Barbara is a dynamic leader and executive who combines vision with pragmatism in fierce dedication and service to her clients, partners and employees. Whether she is delivering a keynote address, facilitating difficult conversations with varied stakeholders or coaching C-level executives, she’s an inspiring leader who “walks the talk.”
Barbara delights in helping executives and organizations deliver better outcomes with less stress and more satisfaction.
