Your brain is processing 400 billion bits of data per second, of which you are only aware of 2,000 of those. Thanks to your reticular activating system (RAS), a bundle of nerves in our brain stems, only the most important information gets through. Your RAS is what...
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Authentic Leadership
‘Who Am I Afraid To Be?’ and Other Questions To Check Your Authenticity As a coach, one of my specialties is coaching high performers on the verge of or experiencing burnout. “Authentic leadership” is one of the most common topics they bring to the table for...
The Most Powerful Question You Can Ask
This is a question I ask at the end of every, single coaching session. I ask it in my marriage. I ask it in my friendships. "How can I support you?" This question empowers the person you are speaking with to create their own solutions. In doing so, we are not "fixing"...
Relationship Mulligans At Work
A common reason teams don't perform well is because an interpersonal relationship within the team that has soured. “Some research suggests that a key reason why some teams fail is that employees are ill-prepared to make the transition from individual contributor to...
15 Professional Development Resources For Over-Extended Leaders
Leaders are busy. Stretched to capacity. Focused on developing their people. So, how can they make sure their own developmental needs are being addressed? The truth is, once we reach a certain milestone in our careers, most of our professional development is...
Owning Your Path Mastermind
You have a voice and know how to use it. You’re pretty comfortable in your place of power. And you’re ready to show up and be of service in a deeper capacity. But you need the space and framework to define your next chapter, elevate your presence, and finesse your...
An Exploration of Personal Power
What does it mean to be personally powerful? The generic definition goes something like this: the ability to do something or act in a particular way. Yet we have so many different definitions, ways, and thoughts around power. There’s the internal demonstration of...
Why Ruminating is Dangerous
Rumination is the focused attention on the symptoms of your distress, and on its possible causes and consequences, as opposed to its solutions. It isn't unusual for us to do this. In fact, sometimes it is healthy to revisit the factors of an event, situation or...
Consciousness with Reverend Lola Wright
In this episode of the Life and Leadership podcast, I was honored to have Reverend Lola Wright as our guest. Lola is a subject matter expert on consciousness as well as the Spiritual Director at Bodhi Spiritual Center, a preeminent mindfulness-based community...
Six Habits Successful People Have in Common
I’m still feeling high from the training I hosted for 18 wildly-talented leaders a couple weeks ago. We talked a lot about leadership behaviors and the power of habit. We went deep on the neuroscience of change and the fact that what differentiates us from our...