Wake Up and Show Up (How You Want to Show Up)

Wake Up and Show Up (How You Want to Show Up)

We’re midway through January. What a relief. All of those resolution peddlers have quieted down. None of us need any more noise in our airwaves, especially now. In Decmeber, we talked about acknowledging what is. When we take ourselves out of autopilot mode and look...
Lowering Stress Without Adding to Our Plate

Lowering Stress Without Adding to Our Plate

There’s a lot out there about stress management. And with good reason. Many of the organizations I work with have noticed that their leaders are suffering from burnout or are languishing (sense of emptiness, stagnation, ennui). Maybe this is you; maybe it’s not. The...
Teamwork = Relationships + Results

Teamwork = Relationships + Results

Want to know the secret to just about everything? Pay attention. Slow down. Play nice. You can apply the above rules anywhere, but they are particularly critical to teamwork, whether you’re the official manager of the team or are leading as a team player. Let’s think...
Personal Accountability: A Balancing Act

Personal Accountability: A Balancing Act

Balance beams still cause a wave of anxiety in me. One of my worst gym class memories was somersaulting off of a balance beam. It wasn’t a high beam and I landed on a mat, but I still got a big nasty bruise down my back. Why was somersaulting on a balance beam even a...