Wednesday Wisdom

In a moment of need, no theory of leadership is more meaningful than a simple, clarifying statement. My grandfather was a farmer, so when he said “Make hay while the sun shines,” he meant it [...]

Extra snow days have allowed for some extra reading. Here are some of my current favorites:   Conversational Intelligence by Judith E. Glaser My favorite passages: How simple life would be [...]

Thank you, Steph Hoeper, for this week’s wisdom. I am grateful for your powerful and insightful perspective as a stay-at-home mom. Sometimes the smallest roles hold the biggest lessons. [...]

Last week, I shared an example of leadership behaviors from an unconventional source – teenagers. Up this week: leadership from the opposite side of the generational spectrum. All of the [...]

Leadership behaviors surround us. Note the most unconventional sources. For me, the most realistic and accurate description of leadership is one of a journey, rather than a destination. My [...]

Knowing your default settings is a great first step in self-awareness. There are many ways to engage in a conversation about self-awareness, and knowing your default settings is one way to begin [...]

“We cannot choose our external circumstances, but we can always choose how we respond to them” – Epictetus I’m not really a podcast person. I understand the appeal. But I can read much [...]

It is good to rub, and polish our brain against that of others. Michel Eyquem de Montaigne   I want to highlight the wisdom of some of the amazing connections I’ve made in the last [...]

In the coaching process, I repeatedly invite my clients to increase self-awareness by asking for feedback. This week, I got an unexpected dose of my own medicine. I had a draft of this week’s [...]

When life knocks you over, get back up and keep going. My friend, Becky, gave me a t-shirt for Christmas that reminded me of a spill that I took on my bike last summer. You might be thinking, [...]