August 8, 2024

Posted at 14:18h in Blog

A 2023 Gallup survey found only 23% of employees trust their senior leaders. It’s not an overstatement the senior leader behaviors behind these survey data are reflections of senior team behaviors. The same survey found when senior leaders, and, by extension, senior teams, exhibit high effectiveness in leading and supporting change, communicating clearly, and inspiring confidence in the future, 95% of employees fully trust their leaders. And, clearly, employees who trust their leaders are more engaged and higher performing themselves....

June 19, 2024

Posted at 14:26h in Blog

With 2024 half over, I suggest we take a break from our busy lives and return to big questions. Why wait for a crisis or the end of the year to reflect on what you are doing with “your one wild and precious life” as the poet Mary Oliver asks....

April 22, 2024

Posted at 08:56h in Blog

It’s a big week for celebrating nature with Earth Day today and Arbor Day on Friday. Each year in spring we are reminded we live in the Earth, not on the Earth, and with the trees and animals versus seeing them as nature’s attractions. We are all nature, and my hope is we soon come to our senses and take care of the Earth and ourselves in the process. I find lately my hope is chased by my fear it’s too late to change our destructive ways of living with the...

April 11, 2024

Posted at 13:53h in Blog

What if feeling overwhelmed was mostly in our heads? What would change if we became aware that “being” overwhelmed was a state of mind? And, what would it be like if we could simply walk away from our overwhelmed state of mind? There are many ways to approach being overwhelmed. For simplicity’s sake, I’ll break down the contributing factors into two buckets—what’s out there (our external environment, our world of relationships and systems), and what’s in here (our beliefs, thoughts, and emotions about the world out there)....

March 4, 2024

Posted at 14:13h in Blog

We know all relationships end, no matter how much we want them to last. We experience this self-evident truth when there is a breakup with a partner or friend, a valued employee leaves, or the ultimate ending, the death of a family member. All endings are inevitable and necessary to make way for new beginnings....

April 22, 2023

Posted at 09:00h in Blog

My town is honoring Earth Day, April 22, 2023, by cleaning up the creek that cuts through its heart on the way to a river that empties into the Delaware River on its way to the Atlantic Ocean....

March 21, 2023

Posted at 12:17h in Blog

This is a work of fiction. All characters and events in this post are used in a fictitious manner, with the intent of providing a learning experience....

January 25, 2023

Posted at 17:16h in Blog

There is a lot at stake when organizations decide to invest in coaching. All companies want to see their leaders succeed and increase their effectiveness, and yet not all leaders are read to change....