Authentic Leadership

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 [...]

What makes a leader? How can we create cultures where productivity, trust and collaboration are effortless? What really matters in work and life?

The new year 2019 is here. Many of us are setting goals for 2019. Before you do that, take time to step back. Get a new perspective on 2018 so you can set more authentic and meaningful goals for [...]

True story: One of the most uncomfortable moments of my corporate career was when I was invited to go to lunch with the general manager leading my division. I was a young assistant brand manager [...]

We live in a world today that is fraught with volatility, uncertainty, change and ambiguity. There’s even an acronym for it. VUCA. The pace of change, our 24/7 global economy, rapid tech [...]

“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. [...]