These strategies can help leadership teams up their game—particularly in the wake of major change and volatility.
Leadership
Meditation Mythbusting
You Might Be Meditating and Don't Even Know It! I love meditating. LOVE it. I am into the good old-fashioned ‘sitting in silence and stillness’ kind of meditating and have spent hundreds of hours “sitting” (as we say). But, I am clear that this is not for everyone....
Why You Should Revisit Your Values Right Now (exercise included)
A Personal Story In late February of 2019, I became a mother to Athena. Born healthy. Sweet. Vulnerable like all babies. From the time I knew I was carrying her I started to wonder who she would become. Imagining what we might raise her to believe in and value. Three...
Leaders Love Telling Themselves This 1 Insidious Lie About Burnout
In my executive coaching practice, one issue has intensified over the past year with nearly all of my clients: burnout. The COVID-19 pandemic has created some of the most trying situations leaders have ever faced. After over a year of managing in these circumstances,...
6 Leaders Share Lessons Gathered During the Pandemic
Unlike the business crises of previous decades, the COVID-19 pandemic is a new challenge to businesses and their employees. While the fear of joblessness was real, employees also experienced a variety of organizational traumas, creating a crisis of well-being. As we...
Unlock the next step in your leadership career with this tip
Sometimes the best thing for your career is not knowing what you want next… Early in our careers, the steps we must take to get promoted and grow our capabilities are clear because there are not as many options for us to expand into yet. For example, you start as a...
Leadership Lessons for a Post-Pandemic Era
Over the last 18 months, clear themes have been emerging with my clients. Being a leader was harder than ever (and, wow, that is saying something). In the same breath, leading with our humanness and tending to the human needs of our employees became the clear way...
How The Pandemic Has Made Us Better Leaders
I recently had the privilege of speaking with Workplace Empathy Consultant Liesel Mindrebo Mertes about the awakening that is happening in the workforce as a result of COVID, change, and choice. How workers are choosing jobs based on values and what top leaders are...
What Does Resilience Mean Now (at Home and Work)?
We’ve all struggled through the pandemic in our own unique way. But, what comes after the struggle? Or even at the tail-end of these struggles? Resilience. Psychologists define resilience as the process of adapting well in the face of adversity, trauma, tragedy,...
A year in review: You are a COVID-19 leadership case study
This is what I have observed over the last twelve months as an executive coach and what I predict is on the horizon for leaders.
