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Resilience Is A Muscle
Resilience is not the toughness of a bone. It is the flexibility of a muscle. Resilience is how we survive not only serious hardships, but also uncertainty, [...]
more...May
An Invisible Self
Why do you keep falling into the same relationship patterns? Why do you have the same conflicts? Why DIY books don’t seem to fix your problems? Let [...]
more...What Leaders Adapt From Sports
As a one-time figure skater (not ISU ranked— I put my priorities on schooling), I’ve carried away a lot from those days of applied sports psychology. Recently, [...]
more...Impostor or Not Good Enough ?
Lately, many of my conversations with clients have centered on a familiar theme: impostor syndrome. It often shows up subtly—difficulty owning achievements, persistent self-doubt despite clear results, [...]
more...Power Creates Isolation: The Ivory Tower of the C-Suite
As leaders rise to the top of the executive ranks, something shifts. It becomes… quieter. Not necessarily by choice. Not because relationships were weak. In fact, many [...]
more...Understanding Your Inner “Code”
What has been “coded” into your “hard drive” since childhood and early youth? It shows up in small, almost automatic ways. One anecdotal example; I grew [...]
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Negative feedback loops.
Sometimes the most productive thing you can do… is pause. I encourage my clients to take time off to refocus and reset. Last week, I did exactly [...]
more...Mar
Efficiency Is Ability To Say NO. To What?
As our careers progress, our personal roles evolve, our ambitions expand, time becomes our scarcest resource. Add to that the constant presence of our phones and [...]
more...Our Supressed Emotions
At a group session with clients this week, we explored the role of emotions in our lives and leadership. Emotions are essential to human survival. They are [...]
more...Permission to fail…
Even my most successful clients fall into this one habit from time to time: They use negative internal language — shaming, criticizing, and putting down themselves while [...]
more...Performance/Burnout. Where Do You Want To Be?
Capable, productive, and committed… yet short of air. This simple framework helps my clients clarify where they are now — and where they would want to operate. [...]
more...Confidence…a lesson from Ace Greenberg
I will never forget a conversation with the late Ace Greenberg, CEO of Bear Stearns. We were discussing Argentina’s default. He asked me seemingly basic questions until [...]
more...Uncertainty Kills The Markets…And You
Markets hate uncertainty (Fed Chair?…Covid?…WFC?…)So does the human body. Uncertainty is more threatening than predictable stress. When we don’t know what’s coming, the brain shifts into constant [...]
more...Coaching Is Not a Luxury, but a Necessity
In my recent fire-side conversation in Zurich with a group of leaders in finance, one thing stood out: we’re all carrying a lot—roles, expectations, pressure—and it’s easy [...]
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The Power of Vulnerability
Attending a recent leadership forum, listening to polished stories of success, I found myself reflecting. On paper and on stage, leaders can look invincible — tough-minded, accomplished, [...]
more...Dec
Confidence Isn’t a Gift.
Most of us, in one way or another, strive to feel more confident. We often admire those who seem to embody confidence so naturally. In my coaching [...]
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Burnout Part III (Ikigai)
Burnout is not a failure. But it does take courage to admit you’re experiencing it — and even more courage to seek help. You have courage. More [...]
more...Nov
Rethinking Burnout (Part Two)
Today I offer a small practice for you to try, read on. Burnout rarely appears overnight — and it doesn’t disappear that way either. It begins [...]
more...Nov
Rethinking Burnout (Part One)
A client recently came to me feeling completely drained. He had spent years building a career he once loved — yet lately, he felt exhausted, irritable, and [...]
more...Oct
It Began As A Mistake
In life, in leadership, and especially in the C-suite, mistakes are not endpoints—they are vantage points. Coaching reframes them as strategic assets: proof of courage, evidence of [...]
more...Oct
Inner Voice: From Critic to Ally
Masaru Emoto famously explored how water responds to words of kindness versus harshness, reporting measurable differences depending on what the water was “exposed to.” Considering that the [...]
more...Oct
Where Advice fails and Coaching steps in.
Have you ever shared a problem or concern with a colleague, a friend or a family member, only to hear: “Here’s what I think you should do…” [...]
more...Oct
Hitting The Mental Wall
As Carl Jung observed, there are limits to what our conscious mind can access. Often, it feels like hitting a mental wall—our thoughts race, yet no real [...]
more...Oct