Why the Most Connected Leaders Feel the Most Alone
There’s a pattern I’ve noticed after two decades of working with high-performing leaders and sales professionals. The higher someone climbs, the lonelier they often get. Not because they have fewer people around them. In fact, it’s usually the opposite. Their calendar is packed. Their inbox is full. They’re surrounded by people all day long. And […]
Why Trust Is Declining — And How Relationships Give You the Advantage
A statistic stopped me cold recently. According to the 2026 Edelman Trust Barometer, 7 out of 10 people are hesitant or unwilling to trust others. That means most of the people you interact with every day — colleagues, clients, prospects, and direct reports — are walking into conversations with their guard up. Not because they […]
Why Human Connection Is Still the Strategy
AI feels like it’s everywhere right now…It’s in every headline, every conversation, every conference agenda, every blog post. Almost every business I talk to is trying to figure out how to use it more effectively and more strategically. How to move faster. How to stay relevant. How not to get left behind. And to be […]
The Question That Changed Everything
I want to share a moment that changed everything for me.There’s a moment every book begins… Not with a contract or an outline, but with a question you can’t unhear.For me, that moment came at a speaker event last year. I was sitting in the room, listening, taking notes, doing what I’ve always done. Learning. […]
Why Relationship Building in Business Is Your Greatest Competitive Advantage
We talk about appreciation and depreciation constantly. With money. With cars. With homes. With investments. We know a car loses value the second you drive it off the lot. We know a house grows in value when you care for it. We understand that what we invest in grows, and what we ignore fades. But […]
Why I Keep Telling You to Show Up on Social Media
One-to-many creates one-to-one. Learn how showing up human on social media builds trust, connection, and real relationships through presence, not perfection.
When a Friendship Quietly Slips Away
Relational drift is the quiet space that grows between two people who genuinely care about each other. In this post, Barb Betts shares why most friendships don’t end in conflict, they end in silence and how to reconnect before distance becomes disconnection.
It’s Not What’s in Your Glass. It’s Who’s Around Your Table.
The holidays have a way of bringing everything to the surface.Joy and stress.Laughter and noise.Connection and the occasional chaos.They remind us that the best moments are rarely about the menu, the place settings, or the perfect plan.They are about the people.The ones who make you feel safe.The ones who make you laugh until you forget […]
We’re in a Trust Recession
I have been thinking a lot about trust lately. Not the big dramatic kind you see in headlines, but the quiet, everyday trust that holds our relationships and businesses together.Across every audience I’ve spoken to, people keep telling me the same thing:Connection feels harder to build.Trust feels harder to earn.People feel more guarded than ever.I’ve […]
When It’s Time To Let Go, Even When It Hurts
For more than a decade, I’ve been deeply involved in my industry, volunteering, leading, serving on committees, and pouring my heart into a community that has given me so much. But lately, my worlds have been colliding. My speaking career is growing, my calendar is filling, and I’ve found myself saying no to opportunities that […]