Our leadership context has changed. We are leading in the decade of disruption. This puts unprecedented pressure on leaders to bring clarity and make decisions in the face of ambiguity, drive commitment in a diverse and increasingly polarized workforce at the edge of burnout, and rapidly upskill the capacity to lead within themselves and their [...]
I am so happy that I was able to connect with Henna Inam as my coach. I have learned so much from her and I am so very grateful. Henna’s strengths as a coach are her ability to create rapid trust and relatability, her deep listening and curiosity. She enabled me to find my own […]
“I think I messed up” an executive coaching client said to me recently. He was having an “aha” moment regarding a meeting he led recently with a team of direct reports. They were trying to brainstorm creative ways to ensure that they could meet a high-profile client’s needs. Instead of creativity from the team, he […]
There are leaders that divide. And there are leaders that unite. What is being played out in the world stage with Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is a dramatic projection of our every day experience of leaders. Leaders’ choices matter and have vast implications because we live in an interconnected world. Putin’s invasion of Ukraine […]
If you’re asking yourself how to get your team to be productive, you’re not alone. You’re also not asking the right question. Our teams are exhausted and as leaders our job is first to understand our team members’ experience. Our obsession with our goals ahead of the care for our people is a sign of […]
If you’re feeling exhausted, you’re not alone. As we all gear up for “return to workplace” (in whatever form that looks like for you) and “return to work travel” I’m noticing leaders have mixed emotions. There is the excitement of being in person with old and new colleagues we have only seen on video for […]
On August 28, 1963 MLK delivered his famous “I have a dream” speech to an estimated 250,000 civil rights marchers at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC. I imagine that if he were alive today, he would want each of us to look in the mirror and ask ourselves “What is my dream for our […]
The year 2021 brought even more change, ambiguity and unpredictability than we anticipated. Most of us are ready to leave the disruption of the pandemic behind. We feel exhausted and burned out. Who needs more “resolutions” when we are already at our limit? We need a more mindful and compassionate way to set our 2022 […]
Agility is now a key business skill. By using a five-factor framework, C-suite leaders and board directors develop stronger agility muscles. This period of seismic disruption has provided an enormous leadership test for CEOs and their C-suite teams, and they have faced heightened scrutiny over whether they are able to develop new mindsets, [...]
It’s that time of year when we set new year resolutions. Except this year is different. We have the benefit of 2020 hindsight and everything we learned from the challenges of last year. As we enter 2021 in this decade of continued disruption (climate change, digital transformation and advances in artificial intelligence changing the future [...]
