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Leading from the Green Zone
Chances are that if you're reading this you're at your saturation point. You've taken in more information than you ever thought possible about an unimaginable pandemic that is changing your reality so quickly, your mind is ready to explode. Think about it, as little...
Don’t Tell Me Your 2020 Word
"All the true vows are secret vows the ones we speak out loud are the ones we break." David Whyte "Take a moment and check in with yourself," offered the HR executive leading this segment of the meeting. "I want you to think of a word that means the most to you, one...
Generative Leadership
“Each of us is an artist of our days. ” (John O’Donahue) | In this VUCA world, we need an anecdote to high alert. The world is not going to slow down, and the demands that leaders face in complex, uncertain, volatile…
Taking Your Seat At The Leadership Table
I love the artistry of beautiful food, and I love to eat. In fact, when I am visiting a place, I create memories from two things, walking and eating, and preferably walking somewhere to eat. I also…
The Power of Tribe
“The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers & cities; but to know someone who thinks & feels with us, & who, though distant, is close to us in spirit, this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden.” ― Johann Wolfgang von…
On Taking Grounded Action
When we’ve lost ground, how do we feel, what do we do? When our stability is undermined, and we are left not knowing what is next and how we’ll respond to the changes to come, how do we reorient ourselves to a new reality in which our…
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”…
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…
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…
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….”
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…
Stalking Your Vision
“Always, this energy smolders inside, when it remains unlit, the body fills with dense smoke, as if there is not as much air in the room.” (David Whyte)It can feel threatening to outgrow our comfort zone, to realize how we are or what we are doing is not...
Leading Questions
I’ve interviewed over 3,000 candidates in my career and also have had my share of times where I’ve been interviewed. One of the things I have been asking myself lately is why asking questions seem to stop after the person has…