Are You a Resilient Leader? The Softer Side of Resilient Leadership in Hard Times

March 29, 2021 by leader 52 0 0

Resilient Leadership in difficult times As many of my executive leadership clients faced the uncertainty and adversity of this past year, they were compelled to focus more actively on building resilient leadership. Wanting desperately to be able...

Are You Accountable To Yourself?

January 5, 2021 by leader 292 0 0

Being ACCOUNTABLE is the greatest gift you can give yourself in 2021! I work with high performers every day who are highly accountable – to their work, boss, team, and to achieve outcomes for their organizations. But not all are accountable to...

Are you in the Driver’s Seat of your Career?

November 24, 2020 by leader 424 0 0

When people hear I was with the same company for 25 years, they assume I was content, complacent even…for certain, I didn’t like change. Nothing could be further from the truth. I am certain I didn’t grow my career from an entry level...

Why do the Pros Need a Coach?

October 27, 2020 by leader 570 0 0

I was talking to one of my executive clients recently about a female leader on his team. After approaching her about working with a coach, she wasn’t quite sure how to take his recommendation. But to him, a successful executive who had...

Why Can’t I Focus?

July 24, 2020 by leader 554 0 0

According to the well-known motivational speaker, Tony Robbins, Your life is controlled by what you focus on. So, what if you can’t focus on anything these days? I imagine that life might feel a bit out of control. This is a big theme across many...

Is Your Mindset Holding You Back?

June 26, 2020 by leader 608 0 0

The wrong mindset might be the very thing holding you back from achieving your potential. I see this time and time again with my clients. It doesn’t matter what specific goals they set for themselves – career change, job shift, promotion, better...

Is this YOUR defining moment?

May 29, 2020 by leader 489 0 0

This global health crisis has caused many of us to pause and re-evaluate what we want in our lives and careers. Are you ready to take small steps toward change?

Who Is Leading Best?

May 19, 2020 by leader 458 0 0

Where I see leaders with fundamental awareness and #authentic appreciation for the emotional and physical toll that #socialdistancing and shelter-at-home is taking, is where I am see the greatest stories of connected and...

COVID-19: How Should You Lead?

March 21, 2020 by leader 516 0 0

The United States is in a state of emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic. If your organization wasn’t already crisis planning, they certainly are now. For the past week, I have been watching the “message from our CEO” emails, the social posts...

Do What You LOVE!

February 11, 2020 by leader 767 1 0

I had a boss who used to say… If it was supposed to be fun, they wouldn’t call it work. ~Boss Now that certainly sets an interesting tone. If work can’t be fun then it is…unpleasant? boring? dreadful? Isn’t it better to figure out how to...

SMART Goals Aren’t So Smart!

January 20, 2020 by leader 701 0 0

New Decade, New Beginning I don’t know why but there is something different about starting this new year. There’s no doubt I’ve had a lot of change the last couple years – left my 25 year corporate career, started my own coaching practice, wrote...

Stop just writing the check and sit in the seat!

September 11, 2019 by leader 926 0 0

Last week I graduated from the Governing for Nonprofit Excellence (GNE) program at Harvard Business School. It was a privilege to represent CASA (Community Action Stops Abuse), the nonprofit organization where I sit on the board. I was 1 of 50...

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