Nature’s Interconnection for Survival – a Metaphor
How incredible and interesting. Get this. The Beech tree does not set itself in a forest with soil that has any of the necessary nutrients for its survival. The soil it sets itself in is depleted of those elements to grow and maintain the tree. Instead, the innate...
Indigenous Thinking Can Help Leaders to Save the World
Indigenous thinking can help us to save the world – but right now we have it all backwards. I learned a lot from reading Tyson Yunkaporta’s book, Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World*. First, there is a manner in which Tyson Yunkaporta, a First...
The Penguin Spiral – Who is it we take care of in our world today?
What we can learn from the penguin spiral Seeing what we know happening in our world today, we could become like the penguins. They know how to take care of each other. Here is how the spiral works. A colony of penguins close in on each other to form a spiral to...
Eight Principles from Improvisation That Teach Us About Leadership
Every improviser has a process — and at the very critical points, they ditch it and follow their gut. Why is this important to Leadership? Improvisation is thought to be one of the most frightening gigs around yet is exhilarating once mastered. When in performance,...
The Importance of Being Grounded – A Practice to Bring Back Balance
Being in our body has never been more important. It has never been more important to us as individuals and to the collective to be grounded in our physical bodies. Connect with your physical body at this time because of all that is going on with you personally and...
Before Radical Presence Comes Radical Preparation
What is the greatest surprise to my clients? That it takes preparation to be successful. And when they prepare, they find a sense of comfort and confidence they never knew before. It’s a particular type of preparation. No more excuses “I have no time!” Our...
Tolerance of Ambiguity
Let’s go beyond what we already know. Through a particular process, clients become tolerant of ambiguity. When they are comfortable with that kind of uncertainty in which the odds of an outcome are unknown—they are more likely to cooperate with and trust other people,...
He Masters the Experience of Connection
How delightful for me to witness this man I coached several years ago in action. He’s a politician – a good-hearted, well-intended person who works hard for all people. He is someone who is extremely well-educated and thoughtful. Very thoughtful. When I met him he was...
When clients move through a state of fear
Interactions in your world are high stakes and urgent. Getting it communicated right is imperative. I help my clients become stage worthy and with little stage fright. There is a method to this where you assimilate and integrate skills for use every time you present....