The Secret to Staying Calm in Chaos
I’m a coach, so my clients (executives, entrepreneurs, consultants, coaches, and other high performers) show up in my practice for all sorts of reasons. If I had to categorize them, I’d say most clients were looking for ways ‘to stay calm in chaos”. That’s what Sam was looking for when he picked up to phone […]
Great Leadership: Don’t Tug on the Leaves
Trimming my basil plant today got me thinking about Leadership. (I like to keep some fresh herbs in the kitchen to feed my passion for cooking.) Great leadership takes time…like growing a healthy plant. No amount of tugging on the leaves or urging it to “hurry up” makes the least difference. So what does? A few […]
Balance is a cornerstone to living fully into your life.
So dear readers, we are taking a month off to rejuvenate, realign, re-create… To inspire your own fresh vision, your sense of aliveness to gently reawaken, I’m sharing an excerpt of a favorite poem. SECOND SIGHT (excerpt) Sometimes, you need the ocean light, and colors you’ve never seen before painted through an evening sky. Sometimes […]
Want to make your meetings really count?
Why waste the time and energies of valuable colleagues by playing around the edges of an issue? When you’re part of a group meeting and especially when you are leading it, the most effective way to make it worthwhile is to ask: What’s the elephant in the room? (Of course, be sure that everyone understands […]
Commitments: You’re Not F**ked Up, Stupid, or Incompetent
When you’re engaged in an endless cycle of “I should have…” and “Why didn’t I just…?” that trap you like Dante’s 3rd Circle of Hell, you’re missing a critical perspective! And you’re hurting yourself needlessly. In The Inferno, the 3rd Circle was gluttony, and while I’m not speaking about food and drink, gossip, or things, I […]
Mindsight by Daniel J. Siegel
Here is the book that no leader, entrepreneur, coach or consultant can afford to miss! This groundbreaking book, from one of the global innovators in the integration of brain science with psychotherapy, offers an extraordinary guide to the practice of “mindsight,” the potent skill that is the basis for both emotional and social intelligence. And […]
Two Leadership Questions That Drive Real Transformation
The Missing Questions that Forces Transformation to Fail What prevents real transformation? Even when time, energy and resources are dedicated to the change the number of successful transformations remains very small. Why? For leaders funding transformation (in themselves, their teams or their entire organizations) there are two questions that sadly go unasked. I know this […]
Leadership, Peter Senge, and What Will Distinguish The Great Leaders of Today and Tomorrow
What will distinguish the great leaders of today? It’s third generational leadership. Learn more by watching this 5 minute video video of Peter Senge, author of The Fifth Discipline, Senior lecturer at MIT and Founder of the Society for Organizational Learning. Whether you are part of a family, organizational team or business in a supply chain, systems […]
Leadership Embodiment Is A Must Read For Leaders Everywhere
Great leaders not only understand cognitively what it takes to lead effectively, they embody that understanding in how they sit, stand, listen and speak. And how they use their bodies confirms how well they stay calm in the midst of chaos. If you haven’t already read it, get Wendy’s book as soon as you finish reading […]
What’s the Skinny on Mindful Leadership?
In a discussion group that I belong to the question was raised whether mindfulness can be measured in actual behavior and whether a mindful leader is a more effective one. Excellent questions. While I don’t enter into discussions with lengthy comments, I felt compelled to do so this time. And not because I live in […]
