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May 14, 2025
Building Habits Of Authentic Feedback For High-Performing Team and Cross Functional Collaboration “Unexpressed expectations are resentment under construction.”—Anne Lamott Every leader wants a team that’s adaptable, […]
April 14, 2025
A major contributor to our habits and tendencies is our underlying sensation patterns. All Humans Are Semi-Conscious of What Drives Us Imagine you are on a […]
March 31, 2025
Leadership requires learning how to balance two seemingly opposing priorities: 1) being accountable for an expected team outcome or result, and 2) the need to delegate […]
March 19, 2025
Spoiler: Ask better questions A common question most leaders ask themselves is: What can I do to better support my people? A better question for leaders […]
March 9, 2025
The Power of Conversations in the Age of AI: The One Skill That Won’t Be Automated The Machine That Never Blinked In 1997, IBM’s Deep Blue […]
December 23, 2024
Does who we are inform how we are? When working with clients, we often say that “Presence is the first act of leadership.” What we […]
December 9, 2024
I was working with a client recently, a group of about 10 leaders responsible for choosing strategic priorities for their organization, and the were struggling to […]
November 7, 2024
Remember the good ol’ days when you could tell people what to do and they’d do it? Yeah, we don’t either. The reality is in most […]
October 27, 2024
As human beings, we have a mess of things that make being the best and most valuable version of ourselves a little complicated. We live in […]
October 7, 2024
The key to providing feedback – Check your assumptions at the door. As a leader, when you think about giving performance improvement feedback to your team […]
August 31, 2024
We all know political division in our country is at an all-time high. Especially in this election year, tensions are at a fever pitch. It’s more […]
August 15, 2024
We’ve all been there—sitting in a meeting that goes nowhere, watching the minutes tick by, wondering if we’re achieving anything meaningful. How often have you thought, […]
July 23, 2024
It’s 2024 and something nearly every client or individual I interact with is present to is the U.S. election. It’s hard not to be. Whether you’re […]
July 12, 2024
The meeting started innocently enough. A group of leaders sat around a table. The CEO’s EA passed around an agenda to the 9 people present while […]
June 12, 2024
Being present and aware in our day-to-day life makes us generally less susceptible to accidents. This is true in all areas of our lives. If we […]
April 29, 2024
In 2024, approximately half the world’s population will be impacted by some form of a national election, according to Time Magazine. Since the beginning of this […]
April 18, 2024
Over many years of experience with work, sports and volunteering, the idea that “we are a team” has almost always been operating in many of the […]
February 28, 2024
I hear all the time from leaders “my team is conflict averse” or “so and so is conflict averse”. I wonder, what do we mean when […]
February 7, 2024
How can leaders in any organization support mental and emotional health? While most leaders are not mental health experts, they can become skillful and accountable for […]
August 10, 2023
When I first became a manager of people many years ago, I was faced with the challenge of leading people that were once my peers. And […]
August 10, 2023
I’m so confused by organizational confusion. I’ve been hearing from individuals and teams lately about how they’re ‘confused’ about organizational goals or strategy. It has me […]
February 14, 2023
The following is an excerpt from The Business of Building a Better World: The Leadership Revolution That Is Changing Everything, published in 2021 by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. The […]
July 7, 2022
Besides being a consultant and leadership coach, I am a long-time ski instructor. Given the cyclical nature of ski season, it is easy for managers and […]
July 7, 2022
The past two years has taught us all a lot. As we begin the transition back to offices, in-person work, and hybrid ways of working together, […]
April 6, 2022
I think it would be fascinating to create a movie theater where each theater shows the story from a different perspective. You could pick and choose […]