Six Critical Areas Where You Need to Be Grounded
This week’s Step Up Leader Tips borrows from a Leading Blog post. Introducing a new book, Grounded, we are thrilled that it reinforces our approach to developing leaders; it begins with who we are being inside. Everything depends upon that. Good leaders are healthy leaders. We can’t separate our leadership from who we are inside. […]
Does Your Leadership Reflect Your Intentions?
This month’s theme is about Intention as a leadership practice. I recently visited Bhutan, a fascinating, tiny country in Asia, just south of Tibet and north of India. Famous for its breathtaking natural beauty and unique architecture, Bhutan was closed to the West until the early 1960’s. Television arrived only a decade ago, and there […]
What Scares You as a Leader?
Much of the U.S. is gearing up for Halloween on Friday. I admit that this is not one of my favorite holidays. When my children were young, it had more allure for me than it does now. In the spirit of the week, we decorate our homes, dress in costume, and have a legitimate excuse […]
Asking a More Beautiful Question
This week’s Step Up Tip comes from Leading Blog. It builds upon the Step Up Now foundational principle of curiosity. We coach our leaders to develop the capacity to be curious, and to engage through questions, the hallmark of the coaching leadership style. “If our questions are so unimaginative and predictable that Google can guess […]
How to Lead from the Creative Zone
This month, along with Conscious Shift Magazine, we explore how to tune in to creativity; both in ourselves and with others. I am privileged to work with leaders who value creativity and innovation. Because the work we do positively impacts their ability to lead creatively, this is one of my favorite coaching topics! There is […]