A number of years ago, an executive coaching client of mine who was preparing to go on vacation asked me if I could recommend a book on leadership. I told him that vacations and leadership books don’t mix well and recommended a detective novel instead. ...
Mindfulness is as much about the body as it is about the mind. By fully inhabiting our bodies, we ground ourselves in the present moment....
Mindfulness is more than meditation. Mindfulness is a way of living and leading by paying attention non-judgmentally from moment to moment....
Mindfulness in leadership, or Mindful Leadership as we like to call it, is often misunderstood. In short, being a mindful leader means being awake and aware of what is happening in the moments they are happening. It’s simple, and it’s difficult....
Prioritization is a challenge for every organization. What gets done, in what order, and by who are forever questions - the ones that keep getting asked over and over again at all company levels....
Goodwill is the state of "wishing well to another." Among the most pressing needs identified by senior leaders in our current business and social environment are connection, trust, and a sense of belonging....
As we look back on the first half of 2022 through a wide-angle systems lens, we see both the harshness and the beauty of our current reality. We are all interconnected in a world-wide web that goes beyond technology and touches our basic humanity....
In belonging conversations, we are not looking to solve anything; we simply show up to share who we are and how we are in relation to each other, with acknowledgment and appreciation for difference....
Equanimity builds resilience and is an outcome of resilient practices. Whatever our leadership role, we can dress in equanimous black and make mindful choices to respond with steadiness, caring, and openness in the midst of anything that comes our way....
We ended 2020 with silence; I say we start 2021 with music as a way to reflect and help make sense of our turbulent environment. ...