This blog is about helping you to become a more effective, agile, self-aware leader—at work, at home or in your community.
You will find inspiration, real-world stories and pragmatic tips on overcoming road blocks and encouraging positive movement for yourself and others. Enjoy!
Create Your Own Mindfulness Experience. May 13 – 17, 2020
Want to get started with mindfulness? Or find a practice you can stick with and easily integrate into your busy ...
Finding Stillness; a resource from calm to action
Rarely is Lake Huron so still. Last week, this water was ice. Now it reflects morning dawning. I know this ...
Get unstuck; It’s not about you
‘It’s not personal’ can be a key turning point in helping you get unstuck from unproductive habits or ways of ...
They’re Gone. Now What? 7 transition questions for your next key recruit
When a key person resigns, it can be an opportunity for organizational change. Here are 7 transition questions to guide one ...
What Every Leader Should Know; 6 Reasons for Mindfulness at Work
Mindfulness is not about tuning out to reduce stress, but about getting unstuck, feeling less stretched and expanding the range ...
Goals and Intentions for your New Year’s Resolution
Don’t believe in New Year’s resolutions? Set both goals and intentions to focus on tangible future outcomes and the intangible ...
Pay attention—your body language is speaking
While you are talking, do you know what your body is saying? Use these four elements of body language to ...
Equanimity for Anyone
If you have too many days of feeling off-balance, stressed or disturbed, you may seek the inner calm and stability ...
You’ve Got That Dream New Job. Now What?
What if you’ve landed that great new job, but are experiencing big waves of change, feeling disoriented or wondering if ...
Mindfulness Reality Check; eight tips, one warning and one booster
I was delighted to do a guest podcast with Wendy Haylett on her new series Everyday Buddhism, already top-ranked in ...
Owning Your Shadow Side
Leaders who want coaching are successful, smart people. So why do I insist that we approach their dark or shadow ...
Four Factors of Powerful Communication
Communication is a challenge at every level of leadership. Powerful communication can be learned, if you build your capacities for ...
What Phase of Change Are You In?
Knowing what phase of change you are in can help you normalize it. If you can recognize the signposts and ...
Feminine Wisdom of Day by Day Awakening
My friend, the new mother of a bouncing little boy, is struggling to re-find her centre. While he is thriving, ...
Deliver On Your Positive Change
I don’t know a single leader who goes to work with a deliberately bad intention. Yet too often we get ...
