CLAIMING
YOUR WORTH
(Published
in 'Company' Magazine - Winter 2008)
In coaching women
in
C-suite positions as well as women starting their own business or
hoping to break-through to another level of success, I have witnessed
much ducking, weaving and apologizing around issues of money.
This has to stop.
If we are going to contribute our best to our communities, serve our
customers as we aspire to serve them, be the mothers we want to be
remembered as and enjoy our lives to the fullest, claiming our worth is
foundational.
Read the
article here
(241KB PDF)
THE
ITCH
(Published
in 'Company' Magazine - Summer 2008)
After a summer of
a
more laid-back pace and vacation time for dreaming, many of you are
dreading a return to the relative “straight-jacket”
that corporate life can slip back into during the fall.
You may be absolutely ITCHING to get out!
I’m not talking about the traditional 7-year itch that can
befall a marriage… but the itch to leave the 9 to 5 grind
(or is that 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and beyond?). You long for the freedom of
running your OWN BUSINESS.
Read
the article here (275KB PDF)
DIVERSITY DANCE
(Published
in 'Company' Magazine - Spring 2008)
In facilitating
workshops on Valuing Diversity, it’s all too common for me to
hear participants announce, “It doesn't matter whether people
are white, brown, green or purple... I treat them all the
same”.
Read
the article here (313KB PDF)
'TIS
THE SEASON FOR CONNECTING
(Published
in 'Company' Magazine - December 2007)
Despite our vast
diversity as a country, the Christmas holidays seem to have a prevalent
impact on shared festive spirits. Holiday lunches are expected and
bosses rarely tap their watches when you return a bit late to the
office.
Read the
article
here (2MB PDF)
BACK TO LIFE, BACK TO REALITY
(Published
in 'Company' Magazine - Fall 2007)
The song title by
Soul II Soul rings in my head when I think of both the workplace and
family dynamics that accompanies Fall. After a summer of relaxed
schedules and "lazy, hazy days" ...this season conjures a sense of
"bucking down and getting back at it". For me, this "buckling down" is
not at all a heavy feeling.
Read
the article here (PDF)
LETTING
GO OF WHAT GOT YOU HERE
Sooner or later
after
a significant promotion, this challenge seems to hit all leaders
between the eyes. Letting go of previously successful approaches is one
of the most frequent coaching topics for my executive coaching clients.
It’s especially a challenge when the approaches that are no
longer appropriate to rely on are the very behaviours that led to the
promotion.
Read
Letting
Go of What
Got You Here
YOU
GOTTA BE VULNERABLE TO BE STRONG
(excerpted from
the
book chapter You've Gotta' Flip It On Its Head! Four Key Strategies for
Leadership Success in Awakening
the Workplace 2)
In
my coaching with
leaders, I find they frequently discover that their long-held beliefs
about what makes leaders successful flies directly in the face of what
happens in real life. They demonstrate leadership characteristics based
on commonly-held beliefs, such as....
Read
You
Gotta Be
Vulnerable To Be Strong!
LISTENING
TO BE HEARD
I am
fascinated by
ironies. In my work with executive coaching clients, I find that they
frequently discover that their long-held beliefs about leadership
directly contradict their actual experiences. Frankly, they would do
better to flip many of these beliefs on their heads. And so
it is with being heard.
Read
Listening
to be
Heard!
VOTING
YOURSELF OFF
THE ISLAND
Featured
in the
Company of Women, Tapestries publication, May 2007
I
don’t know
about you but I lived on an island for the first eight years of owning
my management consulting business. Not a geographic island, but a
metaphoric one. I was a true solo-preneur with SOLO in bold-face and
caps.
Read
Voting
Yourself off
the Island (PDF)
A
PROMOTION CAN REQUIRE LETTING GO OF THE PAST
Featured
in the
National Post on Wednesday, July 19th (by Al Emid).
One
of the typical
situations you come across with a promotion is that people want to
replicate what they've done in the past. It's all
about what they need to pick and what they need to let go of.
Read
A
Promotion Can
Require Letting Go of the Past!
CELEBRATE
GOOD TIMES
It's a
classic tune at
weddings that can generate plenty of eye rolling for those who find it
too cutesy ... yet Kool and the Gang had a great message with their
1970's song title 'Celebrate Good Times'.
Read
Celebrate
Good
Times!
COUNTERING
THE DARWINIAN APPROACH TO NEW HIRE TRANSITION
(as
featured in Fulcrum Search Science newsletter, March/06)
Leading organizations make a significant
investment in their attraction and selection strategies. But what
happens once a prized candidate accepts a position and enters the
organization? In my experience, most organizations take a Darwinian
“survival of the fittest” approach, launching
people into their new roles as if to say, “Let’s
see if this one makes it”.
Read
Countering
the
Darwinian Approach to New
Hire Transition
AFTER
THEY'RE HIRED .... DON'T FILE AWAY THOSE ASSESSMENTS!
In my work as a Leadership Coach I have
found inordinate value in the use of Assessment results AFTER the
selection process is complete. Once the new hire is in the
new position, powerful insights can be gained from the reports,
providing further value to the organization and new hires
alike.
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After
They're Hired
... Don't File Away Those Assessments!
WHEN THE ROAD AHEAD IS DAUNTING, LOOK
AT HOW FAR YOU'VE COME
How
often have the challenges ahead of you been so daunting that
it’s almost paralyzing? You simply can’t
seem to get moving. At times like these, the best way to get
forward momentum may ironically be to look behind you.
Read
When
the Road Ahead is Daunting, Look at How Far You've Come
HOW IS YOUR INTENT
ALIGNED WITH YOUR IMPACT?
With
our children, we try to convey the difference between what we intend
and the resultant impact
of our actions. We explain that even when we don’t
plan to harm others, sometimes they end up getting hurt by what we
do. Unfortunately, this is an insight that often gets lost in
our working lives.
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How Is Your Intent Aligned with Your Impact?
Out
For many of us,
asking
for help is a difficult concept. It can require a certain amount of
vulnerability. We may feel as if we are admitting a weakness that the
world would not have known about, had we not asked for help.
Ironically, people who are able to deliver well-positioned requests for
help are seen as very strong individuals.
Read
Asking for Help
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