Fresh off a pleasant few weeks complete with presenting at a conference, finishing up a client project, and reconnecting with friends and family, Monday was an abrupt return to the lonely world of the executive. A client (let’s call her …
There is a mysterious element of leadership—your ability to engage, inspire, and influence people—that frequently goes by the name “it.” You can call it charisma, I sometimes call it executive presence, but “it” always has a certain misplaced aura …
My husband and I recently decided to do a 40 mile bike ride together, hills included. The kicker? We agreed to a goal for sustainable performance, that is, we committed to end the ride with almost as much energy as …
it used to be so simple …
If you wanted to become a leader, all you had to do was go to the right schools, fill your MBA toolkit, get the right jobs, and climb the corporate ladder on your …
What is wisdom?
This is an enormous question, and if you’re like me, the mere act of asking it creates energy—an enthusiasm that the question holds answers about for evolving how we live and lead, yet also an uneasiness that …
“Holding on to anger is like drinking poison, and expecting the other person to die.”
– Buddha
It’s an understatement to say there’s a great deal of turmoil in our world, and with it, a churn of judgments, accusations, …
Over the past few decades, the coaching industry has boomed. Professional coaches can be found in every corner of the world and in every sector of society. Whether in commercial, nonprofit, academic, healthcare, or government settings, coaches are used as …
When I recently spoke with Dr. Tracy Gaudet about the transformation of healthcare in the U.S., I quickly learned: her life-path has been a profound commitment to pioneering approaches for wellbeing. Tracy has guided new models of health and wellness …
I’ve always been curious about language. To me, our words reflect something more profound about our motivations, intentions, and beliefs. So over the past few decades it has been fascinating to track an emerging lexicon in business, one that—at the …
It was our seventh coaching conversation. We’d been meeting twice a month for a while now, roughly two hours each time. This executive (an early-40s high-achiever I’ll call James) seemed acutely alert to the warning signs about the health of …
