Big Change, Small Conversations
As conversation supersedes process, listening builds credibility and trust.
Does Leading Remotely Require Different Skills?
The large-scale shift towards remote work has become the new normal. Your team may be adjusting — but what about your leaders?
How Poetry Expands Empathy
I can’t help to wonder if there’s an empathy deficit? When searching Google ‘’How to build empathy.’’ You’ll read 8 ways, 6 steps, or 5 actions to ‘kick-start’ empathic development.…
When The Machine Is Smarter Than You, What’s Your Role?
Artificial intelligence is expected to soon outperform people in almost every way. What does that mean for human potential?
How to Say ‘No’ When Working From Home
Nobody likes feeling they have too much on their plate, or that they’re burning out in their career. No one. Yet that seems like the standard mode of operating this…
Political Savvy & the art of remote networking
Being politically savvy is often considered negative, unsavory and self-serving. It somehow implies that one’s success is based on the ability to navigate political terrain. But each competency has a…
Great Leadership Depends on a Higher Purpose
It’s not what you do as a leader, but why and how you do it. “Purpose-driven” organizations have intersected with the mainstream for years. Most of us are aware that…
Returning to Work after Covid, does your company pass the ‘’Purpose Test?”
As organizations slowly return to the office, employers are acutely aware that nothing will be the same as it was before. Quarantining and shelter-in-place mandates have given people time to…
Why Finding Purpose is More Important Than Ever Right Now
In times of upheaval, purpose must be prioritized more than ever. Everyone needs to do work that’s “meaning-rich”, in bad times as well as good. Why do you do what…
Remain Silent, We’re All Complicit
None of us can remain silent. I work in Diversity and Inclusion and have conducted Unconscious Bias workshops for over a decade. Some things have changed and some remain the…
Building Inclusion — taking the time to listen
One of my executive clients joined a pre-IPO firm. With extensive experience in User Experience, Product Design and Sales, she was hired as APAC and EMEA Head of Sales Operations.…
You’re Not Alone. Finding Fortitude in 2020.
It's not you. We're all trying to figure it out, those of us fortunate enough to be able to work from home. I've been facilitating online ''Finding Fortitude'' sessions this past month and witnessed…