Insights

Why Does A Pivot Sometimes Feel Like A Pirouette?
- July 18, 2023
Multiple colleagues have expressed to me recently how frustrating it is for them, even disorienting, when their schedules change,...

Is “Be Spontaneous & Confident” Good Advice For Everyone?
- June 27, 2023
I saw a post on LinkedIn recently about the rapid pace of change and the shifts we “all” need...

How Can We Keep Visionary Leaders In Their Zone of Genius?
- June 6, 2023
A long-time client returned to coaching with me last week. What brought her back now was the classic challenge...

How Can We Ease The Emotional Pain Of Firing?
- May 23, 2023
A senior executive arrived on our call with frustration, agitation, and…hope. The need to fire a key leader in...

Are you a Tree person or a Forest person?
- May 18, 2023
When we started the succession planning process with a client a couple years ago, I was surprised that the...
How Much Stress Is Your Urgency Causing You and Your Team?
- May 17, 2023
I had the opportunity to step in and deliver a workshop last week with an Executive Leadership Team when...

COLLABORATION Rx: Diagnosing Team Challenges BEFORE Prescribing Solutions
- May 17, 2023
“Why does she do what she’s doing if it’s against her own instincts?” My client had asked me to...

How Do We Help Build Trust?
- March 8, 2023
That was the key question from a new client referred to me to facilitate a workshop for her team. ...

How well are you and your team navigating the chaos?
- March 3, 2023
We’re a month into 2023, and one thing that’s clear is that the chaos and complexity of the past...

A Copernican perspective on pandemic leadership
- February 14, 2022
As you and your leadership team look at planning the calendar of events for the year, you are facing...

Conflicts and Silos and Teams, oh my!!!
- April 6, 2016
Collaborative teams get more done and have more fun, so how do we take the “Dys-” out of Cross-functional...

5 Keys to Inspiring & Empowering Innovators in 2016
- January 18, 2016
New Year! New Goals! Same Challenges!!??! In a 2015 survey by BPI Network, top global executives reported the following obstacles holding...