Imagine you’re a pro basketball player, traveling to play for different teams each season, and then a global pandemic strikes, limiting your travel and effectively stopping your career. What do you do? Stop everything? Start a new career? Find a quiet corner and cry?...
“Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” – Viktor Frankl This quote is one of my favourites and it came to me in a coaching session today....
I’ve just come back from a week away in gorgeous Cape Town, working with a client at their annual conference. It was a beautiful event in a beautiful city and I absolutely loved it. However, the thought of coming back to an inbox with hundreds (if not thousands) of...
When I reflected on the strides my clients made last year relating to their leadership approach, impact, and business results, I noticed 3 key themes that directly impacted their business results. 1. Clarity When you have clarity, you can focus your communication, get...
Season 2 of leadership live is coming to an end with one final episode that celebrates a thrilling season of conversations, coaching sessions, and a few solos – 57 episodes in total! That’s something to celebrate. The big themes of the season are: Self-awareness...
“We’re not in the coffee business, serving people. We’re in the people business, serving coffee.” Howard Behar, Starbucks This is one of my favourite quotes and it comes from Starbucks. The Starbucks culture is all about people, providing a neighborhood meeting place...
Jeff Bezos tells this story of their early days at Amazon, when it was a small operation and they were working out of his garage. The team packed orders off cement floors on hands and knees. At one point, Bezos, bent-over and tired, looked up at his team and said, “I...
“The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.”- Ronald Reagan True story… A few years ago, I worked with a leader in Company A (we’ll just call it that)...
“My expectations were reduced to zero when I was 21. Everything since then has been a bonus.” – Stephen Hawking As a leader, you’re responsible for keeping your team motivated and engaged. It’s especially challenging in these times with teams...
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