“Bless Your Heart” – Learning Leadership the Hard Way
Discover how a direct report’s ‘bless your heart’ moment transformed Dr. Steve Martin’s leadership approach. Learn why candid feedback and humility matter in the journey from managing to leading.
Category: Coaching
Coach: help people rethink and change the way they go about doing things
Gossamer Threads: Leadership Lessons from a Moth
Discover how gentle presence and self-compassion transform leadership effectiveness. Learn practical approaches to empower others by trusting their inherent capabilities rather than forcing solutions.
Today’s Manager: Cultivating People, Not Productivity
Discover how today’s managers can create predictable outcomes by cultivating teams like gardens – including the counter-intuitive power of planned slack time and fallow periods for sustainable growth.
Beyond Frameworks: Leadership Evolution and Agile Transformations
In a podcast conversation about leadership evolution with Bob Anderson, creator of the Leadership Circle Profile and co-author of “Mastering Leadership” and “Scaling Leadership,” (see Read More for links) we explored a fascinating parallel that should give every Agile coach pause: 75% of leaders operate from a reactive mindset, and …
Chartering High Performance Teams through the “24/7 Lecture”
Chartering high-performance teams is no easy thing. Teams often struggle to establish a strong collective identity and build a starter set of working agreements. As a facilitator, I’ve found that helping folks clearly define their “Why, What, and Who” is foundational for building high-performing, cohesive teams. A recent Facebook prompt, …