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, [...]
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. [...]
This year has been a year unlike any other in our lifetimes, individually and collectively. Many of my executive coaching clients are exhausted from the year. Most are well on their way to [...]
Day 1 – I wake up this morning with a brain wave. The process of undertaking a quest is full of promise and peril. Why not write about it while it’s happening? I feel a bit sick in the stomach. I [...]
I had my eye on a dream promotion. I had worked really hard in my role as vice president of marketing. My team had the results, we had recruited new talent, our brands had grown market share and [...]
“Every day it feels like I’m rolling a big boulder up a hill. I’m tired. I wonder what all this hard work is for,” an executive coaching client said this to me recently, somewhat resigned. [...]
The end of December and early January is a great time to step back to reflect on the year before the frenzy of a new year starts again. One of the activities I cherish the most (and recommend to [...]
Working with an executive coach is not for the faint of heart. In fact, if you’re going to get the most out of the experience, it can be both exhilarating and exhausting. In a great [...]
I was doing a speaking engagement recently on the topic of leading with authenticity and a woman walked up afterwards. She had a dilemma. She wanted to be able to leverage her network to grow her [...]
As I started 2015, I decided I was going to do a little experiment. Instead of making new year resolutions, I was going to dream audaciously! In fact I was going to share my audacious dream with [...]
