How personalized habits can transform you into a better human and leader
Want to be a better human with better leadership habits? Follow these custom steps. First consider what improvements you want to work on. Not what you should do, but instead what you want to do. You’re more likely to attempt to change your behavior if you focus on...
Want more purpose, respect, and joy? Shift from “power over” to “power to”
If, like me, you’re interested in how power works, especially for yourself, make sure to keep up with the latest studies. That was my ah-ha after reading this new book, The Power Code: More Joy, Less Ego, Maximum Impact for Women (and Everyone Else). It features new...
Five actions to bringing your best self to challenging conversations
Do you dread difficult conversations? If so, try to stop dreading and instead start preparing. When you approach your conversations as a business process with specific steps, you can bring your best self to challenging one-on-one conversations and reach better...
Tired of communication chaos at work? Adopt these 5 rules of the road
After experiencing yet another communication accident – no serious injuries other than bruised egos and wasted time misinterpreting the purpose of a reformatted document – I’m again asking: “Why don’t we take the time to create specific ‘rules of the road’ to follow...
Want a thriving career? Respect basics and plant seeds to nurture the “missing 33%”
Basics can be so boring. Basic food. Basic exercise. Basic sleep. Basic finance. Basic clothes. And let’s not forget basic business acumen. Yet, basics play a crucial role in our development. Once the basics take root, they strengthen, grow, and bear fruit that helps...
To reduce hidden costs and get better results, listen to employees
Over a 10-day period, I heard something so I'm saying something. Three young women I know who don't know each other told me how they had gone to their bosses to volunteer information gleaned from or about their organization's customers. Two of them offered solutions...
How ChatGPT unpacks all the ways women are disadvantaged in society
About 20 years ago, my client and co-author Kathy McKee and I often posed this question to each other and female colleagues: What’s advancing faster these days, technology or opportunities for U.S. women? Technology always won. Now in 2023, the situation has changed:...
How to slow down to figure out what really matters before you act
Improv. Diversity. Neuroplasticity. These three concepts are steeped into the new book Real-Time Leadership: Find Your Winning Moves When the Stakes Are High by two well-respected executive coaches, David Noble and Carol Kauffman. However, the authors don’t explicitly...
What 17 leadership gaps look like (and how companies can address them)
Are you minding the gap, namely a potential leadership gap? Recently 17 Forbes Coaches Council members shared what a leadership gap looks like, tips on how to identify it, and actions to fill the gap between to get the leaders -- and organization -- properly aligned...
