A Fresh Perspective
In the Northern Hemisphere, the first day of spring this year, the spring equinox, was March 20, 2023. However, regardless of having had to Google that, for me, spring feels...
If You Leave, Don’t Leave Now
Shazam! (Shout out to Shaq!) The comments I received back from my 80s, pop-culture, music-inspired, Thought Partner 3 Techniques to Improve Your Meetings, were so fun to read! I'm thrilled to...
Encourage Complaining
Today's Thought Partner may be slightly controversial and if so, disagreement is productive as well. Let's see how you feel after reading. Drop me a note with your thoughts. The...
3 Techniques to Improve Your Meetings
Last week we discussed how you can swap out the Pain for the Gain in your next 1:1 meeting. If you missed that Thought Partner, you can find it HERE....
From Pain to Gain – The 1:1 Meeting
In sticking with our theme of Creating More Effective Meetings this month, today we're going to take a closer look at how you can swap out the Pain for the...
Creating More Effective Meetings: Monitoring Safety
Waaaaaaaaaay back in February of 2022...I wrote a Thought Partner titled The Four Stages of Psychological Safety. It's not too shabby so I encourage you to check it out (again,...
Leading with Strengths
Rounding out this month's theme of Leadership Style exploration, let's discuss: 3 Ways to Activate your Strengths...TODAY!We talk a lot about strengths-based leadership, primarily because when we utilize our strengths, we have...
The Power of Transition
Continuing this month's theme of Leadership Style exploration, today we'll discuss a topic that surfaces quite often during client conversations: Transition. No matter where you are in your leadership and life journey,...
Plato’s 7 Leaders – Part Deux
Last week we explored the first 4 Leadership Models presented in the book Models of Leadership in Plato and Beyond written by UVA Darden Professor Ed Freeman and Oxford Professor Dominic...
Plato’s 7 Leaders
Most of us carry familiar titles that characterize the roles we play in our lives - manager, coach, parent, doctor, attorney, vice president, etc...but it's not often we peel those...