by Stephanie | Leadership Letters
Traction takes time. With my kids back at school for all of seven days, I’ve found myself having a lot of conversations with them about how it takes time to settle in and make friends and get the hang of things. I think they both hoped that they’d...
by Stephanie | Leadership Letters
“Adaptability is the simple secret of survival.” ~Jessica Hagedorn It’s been too long my friends! How are you? I’m writing this to you on day four of my kids being back at school after close to a year of online learning. I’ll save you the...
by Stephanie | Leadership Letters
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by Stephanie | Leadership Letters
What a week. I write this to you after wrapping up our first full week of online learning. I’m exhausted. I’m frayed. I’m thrilled tomorrow is a PD day even though they’ve barely started school. We chose this path to be sure, and I...
by Stephanie | Leadership Letters
*Before we begin, may I take a moment to acknowledge the injustice and hardship this past week has brought including the horrifying shooting of Jacob Blake (and lack of accountability thus far for the officer who shot him) and ensuing protests that have left two dead,...
by Stephanie | Leadership Letters
I am really tired of making decisions. Small decisions: What should we eat for dinner tonight on this 7 bazillioneth meal at home? Is it best for me to tell the five people I saw today at Safeway that wearing a mask (now mandatory) means covering your mouth AND...
by Stephanie | Leadership Letters
Welcome to a slightly refreshed Leadership Letters! Tomorrow I’ll be celebrating my 43rd birthday. It’s a pretty anti-climatic one, given that it’s neither a milestone birthday nor one I can celebrate in ways I typically would. And that’s fine...
by Stephanie | Leadership Letters
This week has been hard. There’s much to unpack and talk about, but today I want to share one piece that might be helpful. When I log on to social media, I see a lot of white people (myself included) trying to do the “right thing.” We’re...
by Stephanie | Leadership Letters
The Occupation I will tell you how it was the world changed, she said — and darkness wrapped us round. I heard her clearly, though I barely heard the words. It was nearly — yes — as if she were singing. Our job, she was saying, is not to change the...
by Stephanie | Everyday Leadership for Smart Women podcast
“The most important possible thing you can do, is do a lot of work.” ~Ira Glass Over my years in coaching, I’ve heard many, many stories about something being ‘too hard’ or ‘too overwhelming’. And I’ve heard stories like, “I’m just not good at technology” or “I...
