Highfill Performance Group

I was eight-years-old when my teacher threw my artwork in the trashcan. We had drawn faces and were to tear tiny pieces of paper from magazines to create a mosaic.  Some kids worked on theirs for weeks, meticulously tearing and gluing the small pieces of paper. I spent those hours doing things like rubbing glue [...]

Change is difficult. There, I said it. I could promise something else so that you’ll pay me a lot of money to come in and coach you or help your organization, but that would be dishonest. I’m in the midst of a year of a change, and it is HARD. Like a rubber band, I [...]

It was my first day as a disc jockey for a country western radio station. I sat in my chair, heart pounding, and looked with my extra large pupils at a sound board that looked like something found in a helicopter. There were dials to bring in ABC news, dials to bring in the weather, [...]

I don’t know about you, but I hear and see enough disturbing news stories by 10:00 a.m. to depress Tigger. So this morning I decided to look for something inspiring. While reading Seth Godin’s blog , I came across this motivating story about a very young entrepreneur. Even if you have seen this before,  I encourage [...]

I sat in a meeting watching colleagues pass by the glass wall. Generally, these folks walked this hallway much like a ship’s plank, with heads down and sober looks.  On this day, however, I heard laughter. I watched those same zombies smiling, laughing, and actually running into a big conference room. I was stunned. When [...]

I spend a lot of time coaching executives in the corporate world, and one of those executives recently asked what advice I most often provide to leaders.  As I pondered this question over my Starbucks Grande-Skinny-Peppermint-Mocha-Frappuccino-2%-No Whip, an old nursery rhyme came to mind: A wise old owl lived in an oak The more he [...]

First posted as a riddle, most of us can still recite the brief story of Humpty Dumpty: Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king’s horses and all the king’s men Couldn’t put Humpty together again. Of course, we all now know that Humpty was an egg. But [...]