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Speak your truth

Speak your truth

“Only one thing is more frightening than speaking your truth. And that is not speaking.” ~Audre Lorde You know that feeling of walking out of a meeting wishing you’d spoken up about a project that you didn’t think would work or you thought was misguided or wrong. Or...

Leap out of your comfort zone

Leap out of your comfort zone

This is one of my favorite infographics. It’s quite simple, yet so powerful. It tells you that you can choose to stay in your little circle of comfort or choose instead to venture out and hop into the big juicy circle where the magic happens. Many things can keep you...

Why enjoying yourself is an essential leadership skill

Why enjoying yourself is an essential leadership skill

We are a driven culture. A can-do society with an addiction, at times, to over-achieving. Or maybe that's just me. Or me and many of my clients. One thing I've learned in my years of supporting - and challenging - leaders is that at least as necessary as achieving and...

What we resist, persists

What we resist, persists

“The instant I fully accept one of life’s waves, I shift away from worry and open up to creativity and possibility.” ~Andrea Gibson A client was telling me about a tough situation they were facing. Their boss had decided, with no input from my client, to simply shift...

How to start anew, even when it’s old

How to start anew, even when it’s old

We’re just back from our month-long sabbatical. We know how lucky we are to be able to take a month to practice what we “preach” about rest and reflection. We’ve been doing this since my 22-year-old child was heading into kindergarten…so for a while now. Back then we...

Mistakes welcome!

Mistakes welcome!

“The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything.” ~Theodore Roosevelt Why is it that we (that I) get so hung up on the mistakes we make? Or even sometimes on the mistakes that others make around us. What is this notion that somehow resides...

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