Guarding Against Greatness

Imagine. Every day upon waking, the “calvary” of your resources gear up. As you lay in bed, you feel the energy, bordering on anxiety, that tells you it’s time to head out for battle. Even though ‘the war’ has been over many years,...

The Myth Of The Thick Skinned Leader

“Thick-skinned (thĭk′skĭnd′)adj.1. Having a thick skin or rind 2. Not easily offended. 3. Largely unaffected by the needs and feelings of other people; insensitive, callous, unfeeling, hardhearted, etc”“It helps to have a thick skin to work here,” the CEO said to the...

Leading From Aliveness

“A solely intellectual approach leaves something fundamental out of the leadership equation, negating the aspect of human nature rooted in the animal world that was probably programmed into our brain early in our species development.” (Sally Helgese: The Dance...

Leadership: What Does The Body Have To Do With It?

“We do not think ourselves into new ways of living, we live ourselves into new ways of thinking” (Rohr, R. 1999).Our bodies can’t be ignored when creating significant change. As a coach, noticing how my clients ‘inhabit’ themselves provides information...

Resilience: The Butterfly And The Bee

“Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.” (Mike Tyson)(Pic: Heavyweight Champion Muhammad Ali, who beat challenger Joe Frazier on a TKO)It’s not “if,” it’s “when….”No one is immune from getting “hit” in large and small ways in life. Loss, divorce,...

Leadership Recovery

“I am looking forward enormously to getting back to the sea again, where the overstimulated psyche can recover in the presence of that infinite peace and spaciousness.” (Carl Jung)Jung was speaking of recovery in ways that are uncommon to us. In usual terms, we refer...