Accountable vs. Responsible
In giving a recent group presentation to leaders, there was an audible exhale in the room when I dropped the line "You don't manage people, you manage the energies of...
Decision-Making Made Easier
When I'm contracted to speak or provide group workshops and facilitation, clients typically ask me to provide explicit "models" or "tools" participants can put into practice immediately after our sessions....
Create Value
Aside from the astonishment that I've been able to write a Thought Partner Friday consistently each week since late 2020, I'm significantly more proud of the eclectic group of readers...
Your Conversation Formula
We shared the Scout Motto, Be Prepared in last week's Thought Partner Friday. If you missed it, you can read it here. Along the same lines of being prepared for things...
The Scouts Have it Right
When I was a little girl, I was a Girl Scout. I sold the cookies, earned the badges, embodied the principles, camped (for the first and essentially last time), and...
The REAL 2024 is Around the Corner
In the last two Thought Partner Fridays, we talked about the idea of September being the new January and how you might consider (re)starting the year with a personal or team...
I Hope I’m More Interesting Than ChatGPT
A leader asked me this week "How do leaders become great coaches, given today's environment"? It was such a great question and the conversation that followed was thought-provoking, insightful and...
Okay, So, Be Someone Else
Sometimes a dose of reality is refreshing and recalibrating. Out to dinner with a friend of mine the other night and in response to something I said I can't do,...
Determining the Win Before You Begin
We've previously spoken about envisioning successful outcomes, thinking strategically in order to ensure your ultimate goals are achieved, and recalibrating direction when goals, priorities, and initiatives shift. Yet I can't...
Ask These Questions Before Your Next TEAM Hire
In continuing this month's theme of working with teams, where we previously examined how high-performing teams behave and the personal accountability necessary to be part of an effective team, today we...