Authentic Leadership

“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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

We are being disrupted in many ways in today’s world. Many of my executive coaching clients are exhausted from long days of business continuity triage and having to learn and adapt quickly to [...]

How do you make decisions in an uncertain environment? The coronavirus pandemic is creating times of unprecedented change and ambiguity. At a macro level companies are having to make hard [...]

“It’s the change of a decade and I feel like I need to process more than just that holiday food I ate,” an executive coaching client recently said with a smile. Her company is going through [...]

“I just want to quit work and be a bartender!” Sarah blurted at a workshop I was leading. We were talking about career aspirations. When we were done chuckling at her unexpected words, I asked [...]

“I just don’t know how to get through to John. My coaching isn’t working!” a senior leader exclaimed in frustration to me last week. It seemed like David’s feedback was [...]