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 […]
What are you making room for as a leader?
Steve, a CEO client, recently relayed a story that captures an important idea for leaders; the need to let go of certain beliefs, habits and approaches in order to create something different. He told me he and his wife were recently cleaning out their basement storage room. There were piles of things in the center […]
Why Reframing is Important to Great Leadership
This week’s Step Up Leader tip offers an opportunity to explore the importance of reframing for a leader. It borrows from Leading Blog, in which a new book outlines “How Great Leaders Think.” It is one of the essential capacities we develop in coaching clients, and offers a huge opportunity to expand leadership effectiveness. “Leaders […]
Leadership In the Now
Our theme for this month is how to live and lead in the now (also published in Conscious Shift Magazine), while creating the future you desire. It’s really very simple; when we learn to be present in the now, to every sensation in this moment, we enjoy our own aliveness. We extract the abundant juice […]
Leadership Takeaways from Young Rwandan Women
As the summer concludes, I thought it would be fitting to end by showing a few short clips from my trip last month to Rwanda. These young women students at the Akilah Institute for Women inspired me beyond words; they have withstood immeasurable challenges, and have a lot to share about what is possible with […]