Love In Leadership Includes Accountability

Love In Leadership Includes Accountability

When you think about love in leadership, do you think… It’s a bunch of fluff. I can’t worry about loving my people, I have goals to meet! [Eye roll] For Pete’s sake, my job isn’t about love. It’s about getting things done! Love? At...
Authenticity Isn’t All Rainbows and Butterflies

Authenticity Isn’t All Rainbows and Butterflies

In my quest toward living in authenticity, I had a stark realization the other day. The image I project online is not always an authentic one. A former co-worker reached out the other day via email. It was great to hear from her, but the first sentence of her email...
The Responsibility of Being Given Truth

The Responsibility of Being Given Truth

I just wrapped up a series of cultural interviews for a client. It’s one of my favorite activities in my role as a leadership development and operations effectiveness consultant. I love meeting one-on-one with people; hearing their stories, understanding their...

An Authentic Community Conversation

Who are we? What does community mean? What community (or communities) do we belong to? What do we care about in our community? What changes would we like to see in the community? What are we willing to do for our community? These are the meaningful and difficult...

Highlights of Leadercast 2017

For the last many years I’ve attended a local broadcast of Leadercast, a global event aimed at supporting the development of leaders worth following. It’s always an inspiring day and one I usually share here on the blog. To that end, below is a key quote...