Entries by Kimberlie Dykeman

A Daughter’s Perspective

ONE of the reasons I am so very passionate about coaching gentlemen is because of my father. Growing up, I could see and hear the stress he faced every day — juggling work as a college professor by day , then officiating basketball in the evenings, organizing weekend events for friends, herding two daughters to […]

THE POWER of a WINGMAN

“Coaches teach you how to win.”    Harvey Penick Since the first race I ever ran, through launching multiple businesses, my pop has been a trusted coach, confidante and wingman. Over the past decades, one of the key messages he has never wavered from is the importance of a coach. And to this day, he […]

THE VALUES OF AN ICON

Leading up to my next podcast, titled “Is there an Arnold Palmer in You?”, I wanted to get you thinking about the icons of industries you admire. So, go ahead and pick one… What do you know about him BEYOND his specialty or world of lauded achievement? When that enterprise CEO, thought leading inventor, record-breaking […]

EVOLVE or Decay Ep. 13: Pride is a Bitch

I almost lost my pop a few weeks ago… to an acute illness that was literally draining the life out of him. He would have died if I hadn’t jumped on a plane and taken him to the emergency room. For those of you who know a little about me, you know my pop and […]

SOAPBOX shot in the arm Ep. 6: Thomas Henry Huxley

Today’s SOAPBOX® shot in the arm is wrapped around a famous quote by Thomas Henry Huxley, English biologist & huge Darwin advocate. Oy vey! Ever had one of those days, weeks, months, or dare I say, years when you’d like to throw in the towel, slap the Murphy’s Law label across your forehead, and wash it […]

EVOLVE or Decay Ep. 12: Divorce is not FAILURE

I wanted to start today’s message with a story. A few months ago I was in a Starbucks doing work… and to my left was a woman on the phone who was trying her damndest to keep her composure while tears were streaming down her face. She looked absolutely petrified and lost, disheveled and desperate […]

EVOLVE or Decay Ep. 11: Like Father, Like Daughter

I grew up in a home with a father who was a Physical Education professor and speaker, basketball official, marathon runner, entrepreneur, outdoorsman, golf coach and landowner who never seemed to rest- until he’d crash on the sofa on a Sunday, remote in hand, flipping between golf tournaments. What you’d call, in the day, “a […]

All Roads Lead Back to John Lennon

IDENTITY.    i·den·ti·tyˌ  /īˈden(t)ədē/ The word that has been shoved to the front of the stage in so many— too many —scenarios and platforms, and forced into once amicable conversations. Your identity has been analyzed, compartmentalized, politicized and ostracized… and corporations are notorious for doing this almost as a one-upping craft. They track every decision […]

EVOLVE or Decay Ep. 10: Your Ex is Kryptonite

“You are Darth Vader,” he said. “You can’t take a wounded mentality into the office. If you want to go to summer camp and be emotional- go ahead. You can’t let anything bother you— it’s all about winning.”  And all I could say was, “Really?” In close to two decades of working intimately with men- […]

New Site Launch is Your Reason to Shift Gears

Folks, the day finally arrived this week when my business turns “legit” for 2016… meaning, I finally have a current, truly client-focused, responsive site up. Damn, it was an aerobic effort- but after a few false starts, I took the reigns, bootstrapped my marketing experience + research + lots of conversations with gents and designed […]