There’s a particular kind of composure that a lot of senior leaders have learned to perform. It looks like steadiness from the outside. It feels like holding your breath on the inside. I spent years coaching leaders who were doing exactly that, and I could...
There’s a kind of exhaustion that doesn’t show up on your calendar. It doesn’t come from too many meetings or a project that ran long. It lives beneath the surface as something persistent and easy to ignore because you’ve gotten so good at...
Leadership often evokes images of strength, decisiveness and an iron will. But I belive that the true strength of a leader lies in their ability to connect on a human level. Empathy and love are not signs of weakness; they are powerful tools that build trust, inspire...
Do you look forward to dealing with conflict when it arises? I don’t and I’m willing to bet it’s not at the top of your “Things I Love to Do” list either. When I ask workshop participants what comes to mind when they think about conflict, people typically describe...
I love working with both men and women to be conscious leaders. And what I see is that women face unique challenges in the workplace which can make it even harder for them to trust and access their Emotional Wisdom. One of the common challenges I see is women trying...
Success is defined as having a favorable or desired outcome. In the workplace, success is often synonymous with a quantitative measure such as sales, revenue, productivity or quality. But it’s more than that, isn’t it? A leader’s success depends on qualitative...