Practicing Presence
I have great clients, whom I care about deeply. Yet sometimes in our coaching sessions, despite being present and focused on our conversation, I notice when their eyes dart off...
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Leadership Well-Being
Well-Being at work: who's responsibility is it anyway?Well, the short answer is both the employee and the employer have skin in the well-being game.The pandemic and its economic effects have...
Attitude & Effort
It's summer in the Northern Hemisphere. (Well, unofficially as the Summer Solstice and the astronomical calendar lists summer beginning on June 20th.) But for the most part, the first week...
A Few Ways to “Be”
Several months ago, I conducted a CliftonStrengths workshop with a leadership team that had not physically gathered for many years prior. With the advent and ease of today's virtual work...
Q & A with Me!
Recently I had the opportunity to be a panel participant with other Thought Leaders in my industry. It was a lot of fun and hopefully, I was able to impart...
A Roll of the Dice
Who remembers the Magic 8 Ball? The classic soothsaying toy that with a shake of a ball and a swirl of what appeared to be dark liquid iodine, you could...
A Rock Star Mom
As we are on the Friday Eve of Mother's Day, I am highlighting a Rock Star Executive Mom of three (one being a newborn!) whom I've worked with for over...
Magic of Mentors
This month I thought we might examine the magic of mentors. If you are lucky to have experienced a mentor in your life, either personally or professionally, you know it...
Asking for Information
For the final week of April, after having written the last three Thought Partners specifically focused on delivering information, I thought I would really switch it up by creating my...
Manage the Aftermath
I was coaching a visibly upset client the other day while they recounted a conversation they had with their leader. According to my client, the leader delivered some tough information...