How Do We Move From ‘Performance’ To ‘Potential’?

On September 27, 2016

Over coffee with a friend with a mutual interest in creating environments that encourage diversity, she commented on an undercurrent she has observed at several tech industry groups she attends. Her perceptions matched what I have also experienced during my speaking and coaching discussions in various professional forums. Here’s what we’ve both observed — Women

Quick! Grab The Wonder!

On September 1, 2016

Has your summer flown by in a whirlwind of work, cookouts, vacations, family visits? That is how I’m feeling and what I hear from my friends and colleagues. Have You Stopped At All To Immerse Yourself In The Wonder? Before the calendar arrives at the autumnal equinox, there is still time to find a bit

It Only Takes One

On August 23, 2016

This is a photo of my newest–and most treasured–piece of jewelry. I’m spending this lovely sunny Sunday hanging around the temporary retaining walls of the Ironman Triathlon in Coeur d’Alene Idaho, cheering on my 5-time Ironman finisher husband. More about that in another post. Building on the ‘true Olympic spirit’ embodied by Abbey D’Agostino of the United

Are You Biased? No? Think Again

On August 16, 2016

The news media gaffes on covering women Olympians got me thinking about the inadvertent bias that shows up in how we interpret what we experience. In last week’s blog post I acknowledged my own flawed snap judgment in discounting what I might learn from a beautiful man with physical and mental challenges. On our individual leadership journey, one of

Where Joy Lives

On August 9, 2016

I met a man this week. Someone who, because of his disability, I put in a (mental) box and dismissed. Seriously combat wounded, his obvious physical and mental challenges frightened me. And I made a too quick decision that there was nothing to learn from him. And I was dead wrong. We naturally do that.

Give Your Thoughts The Old Switcheroo

On July 19, 2016

“The unexamined life is not worth living…” –Socrates I’ve signed up for a new business service. This person is supposed to be a back-end partner and help me be more organized and consistent. I know I could use the help. The hopeful elation of signing up for the service immediately gives way to a flurry

Taking Stock–What To Keep? What To Cut?

On June 7, 2016

While on a tour of a small port producer in the Douro Valley in Portugal last week, Cesar the owner explained that all the vines we see are Portuguese native grapes (in this case we were looking at Touriga Nacional vines) grafted onto American root stock. As a result of the Phylloxera outbreak in the

What Snapshots Are In Your Mind’s Photo Album?

On April 27, 2016

How often do we register a first impression….and that becomes our last impression? The stories about Prince that have been surfacing after his untimely passing last week have had me thinking about how I often set an impression in my mind of someone based on a single interaction. And then forever more, this is the

Here’s Looking At You, Kid

On April 6, 2016

Too bad we don’t have a Bogey (as in Humphrey Bogart in the movie Casablanca) sitting on our shoulder, reminding us to look at ourselves. Expanding our capacity to be the Observer of our own self is one of the first things I work on with leaders I coach. Why is being an Observer so

What Creates Confidence?

On March 1, 2016

Can you be confident if you are not also self-aware? I’ve been pondering that question since I spent a week working with transitioning military to help them establish a plan for their future. I experienced dozens of men and women with amazing stories of courage and resilience who have faced incredible adversities during their military careers…Yet they didn’t

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