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I have an insatiable curiosity about what’s going on in the world of coaching, business, and leadership, so I stay up to date on all the latest thinking. Read my blog and follow me on twitter and you can, too.
Why You Forgot Everything From That Workshop by Tuesday
I’ve heard this a few times from clients who finished my 7-week Dare to Lead program: “I loved every session. I took pages of notes. But now, I honestly couldn’t tell you three things we covered.”
The Joy is Already There
I have a confession that will surprise no one who’s ever watched me “relax” on vacation: I bring a to-do list to the beach. Not a metaphorical one. An actual list, in an actual notebook, that I update while my feet are literally in the sand.
Thoughts Are Not Facts (Try Telling That to Your Brain)
I’ve got a story about a seven-year-old who out-coached her own father. But first, you need to meet Byron Katie.
Freedom From Our Own Suffering
Byron Katie is the author of Loving What Is, and her core insight is simple: it’s not situations that cause our suffering, it’s the thoughts we believe about the situations. As she puts it: “I discovered that when I believed my thoughts I suffered, but when I didn’t believe them I didn’t suffer […]” She goes further to suggest, “suffering is optional.” That got my attention!
Why Competent People Struggle After a Promotion
A friend sent me an article called “The Peter Pyramid,” and I read it twice before I let myself get excited. You likely know the Peter Principle: in a hierarchy, people get promoted based on their performance in their current role, not their potential performance in the next one.
The Radical Act of Saying Hello
Have you ever been in an elevator and watched someone stare intently at a blank screen for three floors just to avoid making eye contact with the person standing two feet away from them? Have you ever done this? Be honest. I know I have.
Still Falling Into the Same Mindtraps?
Six years ago I wrote about a book that had me questioning how long, how often, and in how many ways my own mind was working against me. It was called Unlocking Leadership Mindtraps by Jennifer Garvey Berger. I recommended it to everyone I knew, wrote about it in a blog in 2020, and it’s still popping up in my life more often than most things I’ve read.
