There’s this one intersection in the next town over where I run a lot of my errands. You can go straight through the light, or you can turn slightly and loop around. If you know the light cycle well, you can “cheat the system” and save on wait time.

I’ve been using the Enneagram with several clients lately. Although I’ve been using this model for years, I continue to marvel at how well it resonates when someone learns their type, and how helpful it is for taking steps toward growth.

Clients often bring to coaching dilemmas involving other people. What those other people might think, what they did that was absurd, how to have a conversation in which the other person will actually listen, etc. In his book, Reboot, Jerry Colonna devotes a whole chapter to “the irrational other.”

If you want to truly find out what your people are thinking about something, open-ended questions will get you there fastest. Even though you may feel like you’re meandering, the person answering the question is steering where they want it to go.

In our closest relationships that support our growth and development, alignment is naturally in flux. When things get messy or confusing, or trust falters, how do we straighten it all out?

It's June - the beginning of summer and the end of a year of confusion, anxiety, loneliness, lockdown, and turmoil. There is an optimism in the air with new beginnings.

Ok, time for some personal talk. This one is for you, my lady friends. How does your monthly cycle affect your leadership strategy? Or your presence? Or your mindset? I’ve talked before about managing our energy as the key to managing our time and achieving balance.

It’s no secret that burnout is rampant these days and it’s one of the primary challenges facing leaders and organizations. Here are some ways you, as someone in a leadership position, can use the weekly or bi-weekly 1-on-1s you already have in place to catch burnout early and nip it in the bud.

It's pretty much physically impossible to leave one meeting and arrive at another at the same time. And what about your biological needs after sitting in a chair staring at a screen for an hour?

Relaxed attentiveness is what you’ll see in a team that is doing its best thinking together. Team members exhibit a state of relaxation, not anxiety, and a calm attentiveness — they’re not multitasking.