Leaders who Label May Harm their Effectiveness
Think about how many times a day you get caught up in labeling. We endlessly label our experiences (and sometimes those of others), we label our feelings, moods and thoughts as positive/negative, good/bad, strong/weak, etc. Our brains benefit from our ability to categorize and label; it is a way of accessing the huge amounts of data stored there.
Leadership: It May Not Be What You Think…
Leadership and influence are first and foremost an inner game. Only when we are clear and fully present internally can we create and experience joy, fulfillment and results externally
Are You Leading From Who You Are, or Who You Are Not?
When we are engaged with our self, we engage at work. When we access our gifts, they spill out into everyday activities and encounters. When we learn to relax from our state of “high-alert,” we have abilities that were previously blocked from our visibility. When we can truly listen to ourselves, we listen far better to others.
Leaders, Step Back So You Can See More Closely
I was visiting an art museum last weekend when I had a realization that applies to leadership. The epiphany occurred when viewing the watercolors of the artist John Singer Sargent, a 20th century painter whose sparse brushstrokes yielded masterful and dramatic portraits and landscapes. When viewing his work up close, I saw the way he […]
Are you the leader you’ve been waiting for?
As a leader, have you ever had one of those moments when you saw, in an instant, something you had never seen before but it had been there all along? Two clients in the same day had very similar realizations, and shared that the impact on them had been significant. Something subtle, yet profound had […]