Clinician and coach Deb Dana once said “Change happens one nervous system at a time”. When leaders calm themselves down, they allow the people around them to calm down as well. Once they all calm their nervous systems down, they can approach their situations with more thoughtfulness and clarity and collectively make better decisions. And…
Month: January 2025
In these tumultuous days where everything feels awful, it’s easy to feel lonely and isolated. While you might be powerless to affect national or global events, you can still help one person so reach out to somebody and connect.
In these tumultuous days where everything feels awful, it’s easy to feel lonely and isolated. While you might be powerless to affect national or global events, you can still help one person so reach out to somebody and connect. AI enthusiasts are raving about how quickly computers will replace our knowledge and production, but human…
What Lily said
What Lily said. these systems of oppression and discrimination were built over centuries. and each act of caring and connection is like the drop of water carving out a new path. to change the course of society will take years (decades? centuries?) and we must remain dedicated to equity and inclusion to carve that path.
What do you do when you have too much to do?
What do you do when you have too much to do? One possibility is to work harder. If there’s too much to do, then do more. The problem I have found with that approach is that doing more often generates more to do. When you deliver more at work, people trust you more, and they…
Are you underappreciated in your job, working hard, indispensable in your area of expertise, and yet not being given opportunities to reach the next level?
Are you underappreciated in your job, working hard, indispensable in your area of expertise, and yet not being given opportunities to reach the next level? That’s because you’re doing it wrong, thinking like an individual contributor rather than the executive who creates impact beyond their personal output. You are likely: — Taking on the hardest…
To get things done as an executive requires understanding what others want.
To get things done as an executive requires understanding what others want. People think that once they have the title of director or VP, everybody else will just listen to them and do what they say. That is rarely true. Imagine if you started working under a director who told you to “Do what I…
Becoming an effective executive means changing your approach to work.
Becoming an effective executive means changing your approach to work. Early in your career, your job is to work hard to deliver results on the tasks you are given. You get promoted and rewarded for your individual expertise, your mastery of the details, and your ability to solve problems. And you will keep advancing in…
While time is just a construct our brains use to make sense of the world, I enjoy taking time to reflect on the year that is ending, and set an intention for the year that is starting in a Year in Review post for my blog.
While time is just a construct our brains use to make sense of the world, I enjoy taking time to reflect on the year that is ending, and set an intention for the year that is starting in a Year in Review post for my blog. The overview of my 2024 is that it was…
I’m excited to offer a coaching scholarship for an engineering leader from an underrepresented group along with 12 other coaching scholarships from Amy Rich, ACC, Alia Rose Connor, Cara Wilson, Fiona Siseman, Francis Lacoste, Tobi Tonner and Joel Chippindale who organized the initiative.
I’m excited to offer a coaching scholarship for an engineering leader from an underrepresented group along with 12 other coaching scholarships from Amy Rich, ACC, Alia Rose Connor, Cara Wilson, Fiona Siseman, Francis Lacoste, Tobi Tonner and Joel Chippindale who organized the initiative. Check out the details below, share with people you know who might…
My professional development investment for 2024 was completing the Trauma-Informed Coaching Certification program (TICC) taught by Thomas Hübl, PhD and Amy Elizabeth Fox. While I was familiar with many of the concepts shared in the program, my experience was profound in uncovering and starting to deal with some of my own unprocessed trauma.
My professional development investment for 2024 was completing the Trauma-Informed Coaching Certification program (TICC) taught by Thomas Hübl, PhD and Amy Elizabeth Fox. While I was familiar with many of the concepts shared in the program, my experience was profound in uncovering and starting to deal with some of my own unprocessed trauma. Let’s start by defining trauma. Most…