You’re an accomplished leader with a passion not only for delivering at the highest level but doing so in a way that allows you and your teams to flourish and thrive, as business leaders AND as … Read More
Burnout, Break-up and Women Leaders Opting Out
Here it is again – confirmation that women leaders are unhappy, unhealthy and unable to reconcile the demands of their work roles with the demands of their lives. Is anyone but me tired of hearing … Read More
What is Quiet Quitting?
I’m not sure it’s hit Webster’s yet, although at the rate things are going I’m sure it will. So in the meantime, here’s my definition: Quiet quitting: A practice of doing what’s required at work, … Read More
Is “Leader” Who you Are or What you Do?
“When do we start the up-skilling?’ I was in front of a group of executive level leaders – a mastermind group that met monthly for the purpose of supporting the members to accelerate into C-level … Read More
Love Note to Leaders
I was going to write this post today anyways, and then Malcolm Gladwell came out and criticized the hard-working people desperately trying to figure out the new world of work. If you’re any kind of … Read More
How do you encourage innovation?
As a parent of two boys I learned a lot about how to encourage – yet put reasonable boundaries on – creativity and experimentation. No matter what form these activities took, we usually referred to … Read More
How to be a Great Leader
“I’ll have what she’s having.” No, I’m not referring to the diner scene from “When Harry Met Sally.” (This IS a business platform, after all…..). I’m paraphrasing a client’s explanation for why he wanted to … Read More
Should I hire my brother-in-law?
Does your business have a “brother-in-law” problem? No, I don’t mean your ACTUAL brother-in-law – I’m sure he’s very nice. What I’m talking about is the employee who wouldn’t be there except that he’s the … Read More
Who does an executive coach work for?
Note: For clarity I need to distinguish between the person being coached and the entity paying the invoice. I will refer to the person being coached as the “client” and the entity paying the invoice … Read More
Who should you trust at work?
I recently led a workshop for a group of very talented entrepreneurs (thank you Morrissette Institute for Entrepreneurship). Their requested topic was “teams” – how to hire, how to manage, how to handle issues. They … Read More