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Lots of folks tell me about how they are coaching their people. Yep, they told them about what they did wrong, what it would take to fix it, and sent them on their way. That is a leadership style, not a coaching style. Daniel Goleman talks about leadership styles in his body of work and reminds us that our best [...]

I’m having a day. The day I wake up and don’t wanna. I feel resistance in my blood. Resistance to being authentically me in the day before me. Resistance to speak up with my ideas, concerns, and worries with my team. Resistance that manifests in my tight neck, sore feet (from grasping the floor so hard). [...]

In conversation with an executive team about their cohesive approach to solving a complex problem, one of the members of the team suggested something really important - playing chess. She mentioned she had played throughout her childhood, and that she learned about the value of looking at the board after the move, and before she [...]

How many times do you start to reach out to a colleague only to pause because you know how busy they are? Maybe that's your buddy who offers you good advice on HR issues, or the friend who walks with you after work. What happens when we pause that connection because of an assumption about [...]

2022 has been a welcome return to my annual trek to play volleyball over Memorial Day weekend at the USA Volleyball National Championships. Each year I am a little older, the game a little longer, and the teams available to play become more familiar. And I learn something about myself along the way. My usual [...]

Recently I was reading yet another article on the various ways and means to bring people back into shared space. Well, actually that's my phrase, these articles keep referring to it as return to office. I suggest that most folks have created an office at home, so they don't need to return to one, they already [...]

I'm a math nerd. I stumbled on an old photo of me from high school where I was holding my Math-lete trophy. It's the tallest trophy I have ever received, and one I don't talk about much. Means, averages, angles, charts, all those accounting, geometry, and algebra classes, they were pretty easy for me. I'm [...]

I looked up the definition of hybrid the other day, mostly because I’m tired of talking about “hybrid workplaces”, and was surprised to find this: “…the offspring of two plants or animals of different species or varieties, such as a mule (a hybrid of a donkey and a horse).” That pushed my brain into wondering how much energy is [...]

I was with a client in conversation about the future of work when they dropped in the concern about the departments/groups they created during the pandemic leading to playing constant catch up. The intent was to create more connection in their large organization, and they did. They also created a silo which had led to [...]

Marshall Goldsmith’s article “Four Bad Habits of Super-Smart Leaders” Series My final month of exploration of Marshall Goldsmith's "Four Bad Habits of Super-Smart Leaders" and this time I'm paying attention to "why can't they be like me?" I recall with great clarity being in front of a room talking about a specific aspect of [...]