As an executive coach, I am driven to ask the tough questions that help people on their leadership growth journey. For better or worse, that mission is not limited to my clients. My husband Daryll likes to tell the story of a time when we first started dating and he called me to complain about…
When people ask what calls me to this work of being a leadership coach and consultant myanswer is simple: the power of the human spirit. Time and again, I’ve seen the tremendousimpact people create when positively and productively focused, even during impossible, painfulsituations. They’ve taught me that change, whether desired or undesired, can betransformative. This…
Over the past two months my social media feed (like yours, I’m sure) has been full ofcomparisons between leaders handling and mishandling the pandemic. What I see nowreinforces what I’ve observed for years: those who are doing it right consistently connect withthe emotional, human side of this major work life transition in an authentic, constructive…
I was talking with a client in late March (which seems like a lifetime ago) and she used the phrase “old world, new world” to differentiate how her firm is rapidly redefining ways of operating for employees during this pandemic. As I listened, she voiced concerns that are familiar to all of us.
As we work to bring the human factor into the change management process, it’s important tolook at the term itself. ‘Change management’ is widely used by organizations to describeactivities and practices associated with transition. I’m being literal when I say widely – I googledthe term today and got 4,620,000,000 results. These numbers are likely inflated…