Integrative Leadership Strategies
leadership INSIGHTS
Stifled by My Own Ambition
I remember a handful of times this spring when I connected with colleagues about feeling overwhelmed by the workload. I joked that I was "stifled by my own ambition" as a way to articulate that I brought this on myself. The ironic image evokes laughter because the words seem incongruous. Why would anyone stifle themselves?
What is Enough?
The idea of constant growth is not only overwhelming and unsustainable, it disregards the natural cycles of ebb and flow, of order and chaos, of action and rest.
Elevate Your Year: The Power of Habit Stacking
Connecting your new habit directly to something you already do in your daily routine increases the likelihood you will follow through with it.
Dealing with Disintegration
For some, the New Year may not exactly feel like a fresh start. Over the holiday break I spent time thinking about the people in my life who hope that 2024 is better for them than 2023 was, for mostly personal reasons. So if you're like them and you're in the thick of it right now, but you hope a new leaf does get turned this year eventually, consider these ideas.
Meet My Leadership Coach, The Jigsaw Puzzle
What a jigsaw puzzle can teach us about leadership qualities and how to apply them to our teams.
My Uncle’s Last Words
Taking time to surrender allows us to connect to our individual essence.
How Your Death Can Help Your Time Management
If your life is made up of roughly 4,000 weeks, you don't have time, but rather, your life is this time. If your life is time, then you are time.
Are You in a Summer Motivational Lull? About that...my summer sabbatical
If you’re in a summer motivational lull, here are some things my sabbatical taught me!
Rules for Success for Rising Leaders
I was on the phone with a client recently who is in a leadership position in which their primary focus is the performance of their people. The performance issues my client was articulating came down to a simple list, which I've flipped into the positive below.
A New Frame for “Balance”
I have never really resonated with the word "balance," as in work-life balance. It brought to mind a judicial scale where the two areas that were supposed to be in balance were in opposition. For me, reality felt more integrated than that.