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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 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 […]
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 […]
November 27, 2023
Almost fifteen years ago, I participated in a 90-day self-development challenge, with about 20 other women, which invited us to take on behaviors and actions that […]
October 30, 2023
I have a secret love of zombie cinema, and while that isn’t usually relevant at work beyond “what have you been watching lately?” watercooler chit chat, […]
October 27, 2023
“When I dare to be powerful — to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I […]
August 10, 2023
I recently coached a client that implemented CRM systems as part of a technology consulting group. The group and the coachee had a great reputation, however, the […]
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 […]
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 […]
September 24, 2020
How can leaders in any organization support mental and emotional health? Most leaders are not mental health experts, but they can become skillful and accountable for […]
September 23, 2020
Read Part 1 of this blog series: Mental Health in the Workplace: The Canary in the Coal Mine Anxiety, depression and stress are normal and healthy […]
August 25, 2020
There’s an old saying: “If you’ve got one foot on yesterday and one foot on tomorrow, you’re pissing on today.” What can feel nefarious about this […]
August 25, 2020
Even before Covid-19 hit, there were signals of an emerging mental health crisis. The statistics[1] tell the story: 62% of managers have had to put the […]
July 6, 2020
“Joys impregnate. Sorrows bring forth.” William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell Decades ago, I was working with 25 people from various walks of […]
July 2, 2020
Prior to my work on my PhD, I took a two-month trip around Europe. A member of our small group of four drove us in a […]