Category: Business

Spring has sprung yet another new month. May is one of my favorites and also Mental Health Awareness Month – a perfect reminder that our role as leaders is to take care of our own well-being as well as our staff and teams. Unfortunately, the world is currently not doing this very…

Last week I talked about the importance of having a vision to define the new future you want  – especially in uncertain times. If you missed that newsletter, you can read it here. This week I want you to think about Coaching as a style of leading and developing your staff…

Welcome to Spring ! You’ve made it through the first quarter of the new year, hopefully building your ability to lead during this time of great ambiguity and flexing those adaptability muscles. I continue to hear about the importance of these two skills, no matter where you are on your…

In my last resources newsletter, I discussed the 3 A-list skills leaders can build to help them in these times of drastic change – Authenticity, Ambiguity and Adaptation. I also mentioned that another A-word, Anxiety, has been top-mind for leaders of all levels during these past few months. Recently, EQ…

I’m hitting your in-box a little late in March because I came down with that nasty flu and then suffered a bad case of overload (overwhelm?). Like many of you leaders, I have been juggling managing my recovery with the consequences of taking personal time off to visit family in…

Are you a mid-level leader (i.e. the intermediary between the C-Suite and front line workers) who may be feeling a bit burned out by these ongoing, everyday challenges?  Not enough personal or staff capacity to match the workload  Everything is a priority, and delegation feels like putting the load on…