Visionary thinking is applying intelligent imagination to a positive possible future. To become visionary, make visionary thinking habitual.
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Good student syndrome is the belief that hard work will earn an external reward and that this reward will amount to self-worth.
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Looking back on 2023 and ahead to 2024, you may be looking for evidence of change. Let's find it.
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To stop the cycle, create a regular calibration process to reflect, then act.
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To call in your “I get it” crew, share what's rare.
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On holding center for connected leadership. Since my earliest memories, I needed to be on stage.
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Self-assessment requires self-love.
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While I’m as proud a member of Bachelor Nation as any millennial who survived lockdown single, this is not why I use the phrase. We can consciously choose words to encourage more generative ways of thinking.
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A wonderful/ impossible moment on your connected leadership path comes in the form of the question, “Should I stay or should I go?”
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Real conversations happen when we listen and build, rather than oppose or agree.
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While affective empathy is understanding how others feel, cognitive empathy is understanding how they think.
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How can we feel it all and be strong? A horrible thing happened this morning. I asked for feedback and got it.
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We're democratizing coaching via Success Circles peer coaching programs. My mission is for you to become your own best coach. Great coaching is about great questions, starting with the ones you ask yourself. Let's begin.
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Many in the Next Level Leadership community have recently advanced. Of our seven latest programs, 31% were promoted within the 6-month program alone. A common fear at this time is lost connection. And, as we chart the course of our careers, we see the cyclical nature of our web. The right people return. New people expand possibilities.
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Why self-neglect is selfish, and your great pause. When we neglect ourselves, we become unable to regulate our emotions, sending negativity across our webs. We lose our cool in a meeting; the room turns ice cold. We speak curtly to a direct report; they shove that disrespect off on a new hire. Through self-neglect, we create toxic cultures. Through self-care, we create caring cultures.
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Success Circles create communities of inviters. They're built both fast and slow.
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Boundaries are hard. Boundaries are really hard when you work for your mom. Boundaries are extremely hard when you work for your mom on your first job out of college.
Cut to, I’m 22 years old. I’m assisting mom on a women’s leadership program at a major manufacturer. My job is to help demo the exercises. We’re standing in front of 30 high-profile women and their boss, who's paying us.
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Ditching the leadership training playbook.
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Grounded confidence is needed to say “yes” to growth opportunities.
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