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Are you exploring your growth edges?
Leadership LettersAre you exploring your growth edges?“These kids are so much bigger than me. What am I even doing here?” In early November, my daughter went to her first goalie training with her new soccer club, Mackenzie United. Because she’s now with the U13...
It’s not what you say that matters
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What’s obvious to you may not be to everyone else
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Want a simple differentiator? Learn to apologize well.
Want to set yourself apart as a leader? (heck: it'll set you apart as a human too) Learn how to apologize well. Seriously. It's an instant differentiator. The kind of differentiator where people will whisper to each other, "Did she just...
How this world leader dealt with “the private pressures of the public persona.”
You are meant to be more than just busy. Many years ago there lived a man who had significant demands on his time and mental resources. He worked long hours and was required to make important decisions on a daily basis. The toll was great and the stakes were...
The power of a weekly leader review
How did you show up for yourself and others this week? Every Friday morning I get the kids off to school, pour an extra large cup of coffee and head into my LEAD.Well Circle community to host our weekly Leader Review. It’s a 25-minute check-in for the...
The hard is what makes it great.
Welcome to a behind-the-scenes look at my inner monologue — scratch that — dialogue. Me: I really want to start writing more. Also Me: Well, you’ve started writing more on LinkedIn - that’s a good start. Me: Yes, true. But I haven’t published a Leadership...
Everything works; nothing works
“I just want to make sure I make the right choice. I don’t want to waste my time going down a path that isn’t the right one.” I hear (or say) a version of this at least once a week with clients, friends and colleagues. The reality of our lives in...
How a diamond formation can keep us going
We keep going. In the midst of it all, in spite of it all...we keep going. We pause, we rest, we break, we regroup, we pick up the pieces of distraction-laid work and we begin again. We carry all the things at once - the invasion of Ukraine, the volatile...