Poor leadership splinters society. We have copious modern-day examples which don’t need to be spelled out. Companies are microcosms of society at large. The scale might be different, but the effects of poor leadership within companies are the same. Splintered…
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Are you a manager, a coach, or both?
It always strikes me how quickly the people I coach forget the power they have as managers and executives. Managers have the power to change the world. They literally hold people’s lives in their hands. It’s not just hyperbole. I’ll…
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Grow your orbit with one eye to the past
It is not easy, or common, to talk about our past and how it has influenced how we move in the world. Especially in business. Therapy and dipping into our history to see the modes of being we have picked…
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Your guilt is a gift. Do you know how to use it?
Every female founder & exec I know struggles with balancing being a Leader and a Woman. We all want to give 100% to each area of our lives, which, of course, is mathematically impossible. We’re in an age where, although…
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Some suffering is necessary. Here’s how to get through it.
Viktor Frankl’s most famous work, the book Man’s Search For Meaning, is one of my all-time favorite treatises on life. In it, Frankl details the horrors of his experiences as a trained psychiatrist and prisoner at the Auschwitz concentration camp in German-occupied…
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Want to be more logical? Say goodbye to your emotional baggage.
The Fable of the Bridge by Rabbi Edwin Friedman presents a dilemma common to many of us. It describes a scene in which a young traveler embarks on a long trip on foot to accept a promising opportunity. During this journey…
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Find a better source of motivation than deadlines
I get it. Some folks just sit idly by and wait to perform until the heat’s on. They will complacently lead or manage their organization without purpose or focus because there’s no short-term pain. When money is on the line,…
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What flirting taught me about networking
I was talking with a colleague last week, and when she asked about my being a musician (which, I’ve found, is relatively unusual for a business consultant), I heard myself reply, “You know, you can type my name into Pandora…
Question your own beliefs to become a better listener
At some point in my lifetime — perhaps sometime in the mid 1990s — listening fell out of fashion. At least in America. Stridency rose to prominence. The loudest voice in the room seemed to prevail. It didn’t seem to be a shift towards…
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Evolution is everywhere
“You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.” ― Jalaluddin Rumi We are all plants stretching towards the sun. Life clings to life, even in the harshest environments. There is an impulse…
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