One of the most challenging skill sets we need to learn as leaders is the art of giving, and receiving, feedback. It doesn’t HAVE to be hard, but we don’t often learn how to do it well, we don’t like practicing, and we hope we can get by without it....
I have heard from so many leaders that they struggle to make consistent time for 1-on-1 conversations with their team members, or that they only end up talking about the “stuff,” like the project To-Do items or urgent shiny objects that popped up that day....
I just passed my thirty-eighth birthday. Turning 38 in a COVID year equated to enjoying some chocolate cake in sweet silence, reveling in the excitement of a new Pyrex bowl set (with lids though!) and the gift of not cooking dinner all week. Much of the last year has...
At the close of every year, taking time for a comprehensive look back over the past year and creating a plan for the year to come is one of my absolute favorite activities. I relish in the process every time, even though it looks different from year to year....
In 2017, I hit a turning point. An existential crisis, if you will. I was a newly minted entrepreneur and I had a moment of reckoning to decide who I was, what I did, and how I wanted to do it. I enlisted the help of my coach to work through it, and she asked a number...
Six months of staying home with my two young children to keep all of us safe has traveled the full spectrum of emotions. There are moments of overwhelming joy and gratitude when I watch my children play together and grow their sibling relationship while tears drip out...
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