Even the best leaders have blind spots. Blind spots serve a purpose by making the playing field more even. However, blind spots can be especially dangerous for leaders when blinds spots affect their ability to lead with love: doing the right thing, at the right time, in the right spirit. As Stev...

Our Need for Love We’ve known for some time that all humans need love. We thrive when we are loved and nurtured. We flourish when we can express love. Love is one of our most fundamental needs. There is no surprise that this need carries into the workplace and affects our ability to be successf...

How do you define awe? What was the last awesome thing you experienced (or witnessed)? As I write this blog post, I’m reflecting on my theme of Self-Trust for 2022. Last year, I chose the theme of Self-Actualization that led me to a renewed interest in all things awesome in my past and yet to be...

When was the last time you experienced an overwhelming sense of awe? How did it transcend your understanding of the world? Even if you can’t answer these questions, chances are the experience lifted your spirits and increased your joy. As I wrote in a previous blog, "joy" is associated with some...

The usual fresh enthusiasm for goal setting fell flat in January, 2022. For many clients and colleagues, goal-setting brought on anxiety. Survival surfaced as the ultimate goal. Bewilderment and sadness had cast a dark shadow over joy! On a weekend as part of a monthly review, I meditated on...

How do you get the most from coaching as an individual? In this series, Coaching and Mentoring in 2022, I have addressed myths about coaching. In particular, coaching is not a performance intervention or a quick fix. Effective coaching is a collaboration in a developmental process that requires ...

How do you get the most from coaching in your organization? In an earlier post in this series, Coaching and Mentoring in 2022, I wrote that effective coaching is not about simply setting goals, rah-rah, and imposing change. As professor and author Richard Boyatzis tells Harvard Business Review, ...

 "Coaching, as hard as we try, doesn’t fit into a neat, tidy, contained box. We’ve worked hard to define coaching, develop the science of it, measure it, teach it, assess it, prove the ROI of it. This helped to make our profession more credible and legitimate. However, paradoxically, is this also...

I love busting myths! One of the greatest coaching myths I encounter is that coaching is simply goal setting with accountability and a bit of “rah-rah” or hype for motivation. This myth is often based on the idea of the athletic coach turned business coach. Back in the early days of coaching, t...

What type of coaching is best for you? Coaching and mentoring will be critical going forward. How are we going to develop those future leaders to navigate the uncertainty of the world, businesses, careers, and their personal lives? In this post, I clarify the types of coaching to help you deter...