Women Leading with Grace – a Revolution of the Heart
“The collective Feminine heart right now needs incredible sensitivity, support, care and nurturing.” Sophie Bashford We, as women are powerful beyond measure. How do we bring forth the full scope of our confidence and gifts to our lives and to our careers? It is up...
“You Jump Off the Cliff and Build Your Wings on the Way Down.”
For me, this quote says it all. Aren’t we called to do this very thing on the daily? Let’s face it. Our lives are one big improvisation. We are in the unknown all the time. And, yet, so much of our energy is used up by pretending we are in control over every moment....Potent and Vibrant
Have you ever encountered someone where you can’t take your eyes off of them? That you felt better for it in their presence? When we are in conversation with a colleague or a client there is an implicit agreement in holding attention. You give all your...
How to Use Stories to Bring Across Your Point
“It took us a while to realize this: the data, the message, the thing that you care so much about, does not speak for itself. You’ve got to think about how to wrap your data in the right story.” TOM KELLEY, IDEO Interesting fact: we, as people, actually think in...Uncertain Situations Feel Like You are Standing in the Fire? A Life Line
When you are in an uncertain situation do you have the feeling as if you are “standing in the fire”? Many of my seasoned clients who are highly valued for their leadership and their expertise at times still experience “stage fright” when in...Connect with people from different cultures
A Nigerian client contacted me to express his willingness to connect with people from other cultures. His fledgling company is expanding to other countries in Africa and they are hiring people from all over the world.His interest is to be more sensitive, aware of and...
Use Basic Skills and see them as essential
There was this point when I suddenly realized that life is made up of simply mastering the basic skills. Sure you can get to the fancy stuff, but only after you’ve become skilled at the basics. I’ve found this to be true over and over again, and never more true than...
Leader as the poet. Know where the water holes are
The South African writer Antjie Krog described meeting a nomadic desert poet in Senegal who described the role of poets in his culture. The job of the poet, he explained to her, is to remember where the water holes are. The survival of the whole group depends...
Modulate your Voice: Lessons for Leaders (from Watering a Garden)
I work with high powered people who express themselves with a force, an intensity, a volume, and a speed that often doesn’t take the readiness or the receptivity of their listeners into account. Being able to tend a garden in Hell’s Kitchen, a neighborhood in...