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 […]
Are You Designing Moments of Impact?
This week’s Step Up Leader tip offers an opportunity to explore how to consciously design moments of impact as a leader. It borrows from Leading Blog, in which a new book outlines how to have strategic conversations that have impact. One of the things we teach leaders to do is create the capacity and spaciousness […]
Mindful Leadership on the Rise
This month’s newsletter topic is inspired from a recent Huffington post article by Gabriel Riera, co-Founder and Director of the Mindful Leadership Summit. It is thrilling for me to see that Step Up Leader’s perspective on helping leaders develop their inner core is becoming mainstream! “Something significant is happening in the evolution of leadership. For […]
More Leadership Lessons from Rwanda
Step Up Leadership traveled to Rwanda this month to share our principles with the young women of the Akilah Institute for Women. Akilah means “wisdom” in Swahili. I cannot think of a more fitting word to describe this remarkable place. Akilah is a college that offers a unique model of market-relevant education empowering graduates for success […]