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News flash: You don’t need to go it alone
For some, going it alone is a badge of courage. For others, it is a way to demonstrate independence and show the world that they don’t need any help. And for many people, it’s a belief that we “can’t” or “shouldn’t” ask for help and “bother” other people. Women, in...
An attitude of hope
“We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope.” ~Martin Luther King, Jr. There will be disappointing times and happenings in life – life is made up of a mixture of good and bad. I’ve found that what is important, in the midst of all of...
The leadership power of “not yet”
I was on the phone with a client the other day, planning for our next coaching session which will be our last coaching session. In general, we have a process we take clients through to help them “solidify” and hold onto all the things they’ve learned and changes...
Now is a time to prepare – though preparation may be very different from what you think it should be
“If you prepare yourself at every point as well as you can…you will be able to grasp opportunity for broader experience when it appears.” ~Eleanor Roosevelt As full-time work from home continues for most of us, I hear more and more debates about the balance between...
How to do what matters as a leader – the top ten things you must do now
Many of us are still working from home, and we’re not sure when that will end. Many of us are living lives of seemingly endless Zoom meetings (I literally had someone ask if we could change our Zoom catchup to a phone call, as they were just “Zoomed out”) and virtual...
Thoughtful leaders lead and love with no regrets
“Live with no excuses and love with no regrets.” ~Montel Williams I just found out that one of our former clients was extremely sick in the hospital with COVID last month. When we caught up, he told me that the experience illuminated two truths for him. First, that he...
Do you need to shift? Do this.
Have you ever sat at your desk and realized that you just spent the last fifteen minutes staring at your computer screen stuck? From time to time, I find myself hitting a wall at work, usually mid-afternoon, and often when I am faced with a looming deadline or...
Why you must make time to look back to understand
“Life must be lived forwards, but can only be understood backwards.” ~Søren Kierkegaard I was on a coaching call with a client the other day, and we were discussing a decision they had made a few months ago about which job to take. “It was a hard choice,” they said to...
Stop lying to yourself – self-care is the number one leadership priority
There’s a saying we sometimes use in coaching – “Put your own oxygen mask on first.” Granted, we blatantly stole the concept, the very words, from the airline industry, but that’s okay because they got it right. If you can’t breathe yourself, you can’t help – or lead...
You need your head and your heart to lead
"To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart." ~Eleanor Roosevelt Obviously a much-heralded leadership competency is Emotional Intelligence. Especially now. With everything so uncertain and so many of us so triggered, I need to be even more...
How to lead Thoughtfully in these times of fear and uncertainty
How does one lead Thoughtfully right now – in these times of fear and uncertainty that seem to change not just day-by-day but minute-by-minute? Honestly, I don’t really know. I won’t claim to in any way have the answer. I don’t think there is only one answer. I will...
Appreciating the power of endings and beginnings
“Every exit is an entry somewhere else.” ~Tom Stoppard I think, in general, that many of us don’t like when things end. The end of a movie we’re enjoying. The end of a book we’re engrossed in. The end of a job, a project, a relationship. We don’t like when things end....
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