Feeling “It” During COVID-19
“If we can name it, perhaps we can manage it.” Scott Berinato, Harvard Business Review (HBR) Earlier this week, HBR published an article on it. It is not a normal topic for a business journal. These are not normal times. It is grief. Grief is not a normal topic for me to write about either. Certainly, I have come to…
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Hard lessons already learned from COVID-19
Dear Leaders (Friends) “Below the line” has been my almost permanent existence these past few weeks. How about you? The “line” is a clear divide. In any moment we are either “above the line”—in curiosity, possibility, openness and abundance or “below the line”—closed, defensive, needing to be right/superior, feeling scarcity. In conscious leadership we use five core emotions to describe…
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Leading in the Time of COVID-19
“Leading is about guiding people into the future despite its risks and uncertainties.” Linda Ginzel, Booth School of Business. There’s a lot we don’t control about COVID-19. What we can control is how we lead. We can face the challenge of COVID-19 (and climate change etc.) or ramp up our delusions that we don’t need to deal with these issues. We…
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Dancing With What Is
As the tango unfolds, my inner voice is sometimes loud: What if not enough leaders commit? What does that say about the Forum? What does this say about me? This “should be” easier etc.
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Creator or Victim?
“Suffering is universal but victimhood[1] is optional.” Dr. Edith Eva Eger Dr. Edith Eva Eger’s book The Choice: Embrace the Possible is a rollercoaster of hope and despair. I found it both painfully raw and amazingly optimistic. Dr. Eger, a renowned clinical psychologist who helps trauma survivors around the world, is a Holocaust survivor herself. The central tenet of her…
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Love Leads
Many leaders are very uncomfortable with the idea of love in the workplace. It brings up fear about the bad things that happen when people cross boundaries and behave inappropriately. This is not the kind of “love” I am talking about! I am talking about deliberately developmental companies that focus at least as much on the GROWTH and WELL-BEING…
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We’re Growing Ourselves
To have this impact, Chandler Coaches needs to scale. It’s time to shift from being the centre of our company to becoming a leader who develops others.
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Hard or Easy: It’s My Choice
It took asking myself, “How could this be fun and easy?”, to see the difference. That, and a whole crew of people who love, support and challenge me.
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Conscious of What Wakes Me Up at Night
Unconscious leaders are rarely present whereas conscious leadership is about tuning into the present moment to be responsive versus reactive.
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Let It Go or Let It Be?
Those who know me well, would not score me well on letting go/letting be. Though we teach best what we most need to learn1 so here goes. Most of us put a lot of energy into trying to control what others think of us and what they do, trying to change the past, and trying to control the future. Sometimes…
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