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Short, practical reads on leadership, coaching, team coaching and coaching supervision, including ideas from my books. Each one comes with something you can try this week.
The Expert’s Dilemma: Why Being the Smartest Person in the Room Stops Working
You were promoted for being brilliant at the work. Here is why that stops working when you lead, and how to make the shift.
How to Give Feedback to Someone More Senior Than You (Without Losing Sleep)
Most senior leaders are starved of honest feedback. Five practical moves for giving it upward, clearly and respectfully.
The Anatomy of Panic – Book
A panic attack lasts, on average, ten minutes. Panic disorder can last years. The difference between the two is made of fear, avoidance, and [...]
Name, Honor, Choose, Rehearse: How Leaders Actually Change a Pattern
Every leader I've ever coached could name at least one pattern they wanted to break. The micromanaging. The conflict avoidance. The over-functioning that ends [...]
Becoming a Coaching Supervisor and Coach Mentor: A Guide to the ICF Supervision and Mentor Coach Competencies and Best Practice
Most coaches reach a moment in their journey where technical skill is no longer the growth edge. What becomes decisive is depth. Discernment. Supervision. [...]
Feelings Are Strategic Data — Use Them Like a Leader
As leaders, we experience a full spectrum of emotions every single day—confidence, frustration, pride, disappointment, anxiety, excitement. The problem is not that we feel. [...]
Emotional intelligence
Emotional intelligence (EI) has become one of the most overused phrases in corporate life—and one of the most under-measured. Leaders say they want it. [...]
Brainz Magazine
Exciting news! I’m honored to partner with Brainz Magazine as an Executive Contributor! Over the coming months, I’ll be sharing insights on leadership, change [...]
Gratitude Is a Leadership Strategy, Not a Soft Skill
If you lead people today, you’re under relentless pressure to deliver numbers, outcomes and stability in a world that feels anything but stable. In [...]
Respect and Different Cultures
Respect is not as universal as we like to believe, at least not in how it shows up on the surface. Most societies claim [...]












