leadership

May 10, 2023

The Way Forward is CLEAR: A Framework for Effective Decision-Making and Action

CLEAR stands for Clarify – Learn – Evaluate – Act – Refine. I created this decision-making process to guide executives through resolving any strategic question or […]
December 2, 2022

Be Willing to Surrender

My all-time favorite guided meditation is by storyteller and meditation teacher Sarah Blondin; I’ve listened to her 8-minute “Learning to Surrender” meditation so many times I […]
July 20, 2022

Leadership Trap: No fuel in the tank

As the alarm chirped, Robin reflexively hit the snooze button. Thirty minutes later, she felt the fog of sleep lift and a sense of heaviness descend […]
May 11, 2022

Success Strategy:  Become an expert observer to excel in your leadership skills

One of my favorite images to help understand the value of observation comes from Ronald Heifetz’s Leadership on the Line. Heifetz talks about the importance of […]
January 31, 2022

Have trouble saying no? Try this.

You may find it tricky to say “No” to your colleagues, family members, or friends, even when you don’t want to do what is being asked […]
December 9, 2021

The best leaders do this: stare out the window

One of the most energizing ways to become more effective as a leader is to make staring out the window time a regular part of your […]
September 4, 2020

Fulfillment and impact in a time of disruption

Never before have we lived in a world changing more rapidly. Futurist David Houle, author of Entering the Shift Age and The 2020s: the Most Disruptive […]
April 1, 2020

Career opportunity in the time of COVID-19: How to maximize exploratory conversations

We are living in an unprecedented time, one that is impacting our livelihood, how our children learn, how we connect with others, the future of our […]
March 26, 2020

Five steps to create effective virtual one-on-one meetings with your manager

Good news:  conducting virtual one-on-ones with your manager can provide opportunities to rethink and recraft the agenda to make meetings a truly useful interchange. Why? Because […]