There’s something so magnetic about watching Alysa Liu on the ice. It’s not about technical brilliance. And not the medals. It’s the joy. The lightness. The unmistakable sense that she is skating her  program - and not the one she thinks she’s supposed to perform. It struck me. As I’ve grown into understanding what makes me a good coach - that’s the work I do with leaders every day. Because leadership, at its core, is not about perfect scripts or borrowed styles, nor a list o

I took last week off from posting after returning from a trip having caught a bad cold.  In the past I would have been really hard on myself for choosing to rest from work & fitness commitments so that I could recuperate from getting sick.  Instead I would just push through, likely prolonging the recovery and possibly getting others sick in the process (I know some of you can relate). Resting felt like a punishment, or like I was missing out! This time - I chose to honor my b

Last month, I was reading Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI  by Yuval Noah Harari. At one point,...

New manager? Aspiring leader? Been at it for a while? It's amazing what's available when we're open to new ways of seeing the same old...

I was inspired to write this blog as I incidentally witnessed a CEO presenting to his company. I had seen this person come across like...