Speed seems to be the mandate these days. Yet "go slow to go fast" is a key phrase to keep in mind when focusing on productivity and managing personal energy. It's all about perspective. We live in an age of hyper connectivity with soundbites that compete for our attention at a deafening roar. The walls of our organizations are more porous than ... [Read more]
How Do You Embrace A Love of the Challenge?
If you are a high achieving leader, you love nothing more than a meaty challenge. How do you find your sweet spot of being energized by a challenge that will stretch, and maybe tax you, but not overly so? It’s in overcoming our greatest challenges that we can feel really alive and accomplished. Yet there is a fine line between feeling the ... [Read more]
Focus Friday: What to Do When You’ve Plateaued.
Tony Robbins gives great advice if you’ve hit a plateau, are in a rut, or too comfortable. You need something to get your mind and body going again. Read Something Inspirational. Engage in Intense Physical Activity. Be Crystal Clear on Goals & Learn from Great Role Models. Give Service. This is all great advice. People can ... [Read more]
Focus Friday: The Empathic Leader and Self Care
There is a lot written in recent years about the need for a leader to demonstrate empathy when creating a safe, high performing culture for their constituents. When I refer to an empathic leader, I am not referring to someone who can demonstrate empathy. I am referring to someone in a leadership role who is considered a highly sensitive person – an ... [Read more]
Focus Friday: How Do You Maintain Your Leadership Filter?
First, what IS a leadership filter? It’s how you personally filter and process information so you are passing on the right content and tone of your message to your constituents. Are you passing on stress, confusion, or clarity? I had several conversations with clients this week about this very point. When you are on your email late at night ... [Read more]
Focus Friday: Setting Your Day With Daily Rituals to Support Your Success
It has often been cited that successful people have daily rituals that they practice first thing in the morning that supports them in accomplishing their goals. If you don’t have a daily ritual, I encourage you to discover one. If you do, I encourage you to revisit what you do and why you do it. Why? To make sure you are setting the right tone ... [Read more]
Focus Friday: The Journey from Trauma to Nurturance – Dentists Who Lead In Creating a Nurturing Environment
Dentistry, leadership and nurturing environment. Do all these words really go together in one thought? I don’t know anyone, other than my daughter, who loves going to the dentist. Most people hate going, perhaps because they fear needles, pain, the drill sound or just the unknown. I myself had a really bad experience about eight years ago. The ... [Read more]
Focus Friday: Are You Living In Passion or Stress?
Passion and Stress both harness strong emotions. Both move energy. It’s a question of what kind of emotion you are experiencing. What is passion? It’s a strong, exciting feeling that energizes you and is generative – it builds on itself. The online Merriam Webster dictionary also gives the following definitions: A strong feeling (such as ... [Read more]
Follow up Friday: Fluid Priorities.
When I searched for an image for this post, I got all sorts things that portrayed “Fluid Priorities.” Many of the images were medical – how to know someone is hydrated, nursing moms, what do when someone is in shock, etc. I even got images related to oil changes. This week’s reflection question was: How do you stay focused on the task at hand ... [Read more]
True Confessions: Commitment, Consistency and Goal Achievement
I made a commitment to write in my blog everyday for 30 days (Nov 17 - Dec 16). I did this for several reasons: To get more of my thought leadership public. To strengthen my commitment muscle. To unclog my mind, unblock my writing and be more consistent with it. Today is day 31 – and I am celebrating that I did not miss a day – even over the ... [Read more]
Know What Charges You & Stay Calibrated to Full
Yesterday, I shared about the woman business owner who had an outrageously long list of to dos she accomplished in a given day. Some might say this is what energizes her so good for her, go for the insane list! She’s engaged with her life and accomplishing a lot for so many people. Yet, her email “Are You Ready to Quit” says otherwise. It comes ... [Read more]
Playing with Relentless Focus
The greater the challenge you are facing, the greater the need to focus. Whether it’s a goal you are trying to achieve or relationship you are trying to navigate, it’s probably a challenge because you either aren’t sure if, or how you can get the results you want, or you aren’t getting the results you want ... yet. In both cases, this can bring ... [Read more]
The Power of Freneticness & The Illusion of Productivity
Frantic energy is so strong – and it’s contagious. If this is what is showing up in you or your team, you want to make sure you are harnessing and channeling this excitement for directed, not wildly distracted action. Thefreedictionary.com defines “freneticness” as: “from Greek phrenītikos, from phrenītis, brain disease…1. distracted or frantic; ... [Read more]
The Yoga of Leadership
When I refer to the yoga of leadership in the business context, I am not referring to leadership in the yoga world but bringing a yogic mindset and practice to how you approach your leadership in business. My intent is not to condense the volumes written on each discipline here (yoga and leadership), but to open the door to an ongoing exploration ... [Read more]
Yoga and The Making of A CEO
I am a leadership and executive coach with over 25 years in business. I also teach yoga and meditation. Some of my yoga friends have judgment about big business. Some of my business colleagues have judgment about new age yoga types. The reality is that each camp – yoga and business – have more similar practices and mindsets than they ... [Read more]
Follow up Friday: How Do You Stay Dialed In?
Listen to Post Monday I asked you to reflect on where you can more closely align your passion with your leadership or how you can unleash other people’s passion and leadership. How do you say dialed into passion? Here is what I noticed: While passion is an emotion, it starts and ends with the mind. Many of us have the tape running in our head ... [Read more]
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