The Air is There, Waiting

There are two sto­ries that I find myself telling. One, spo­ken by the voice of my fears, tells me that I am alone, mis­un­der­stood, and dif­fer­ent from oth­ers in a way that will always keep me iso­lat­ed and unrec­og­nized. It’s depress­ing. The sec­ond voice “flips” this empha­sis on dif­fer­ence from a lia­bil­i­ty to an asset… Con­tin­ue read­ing The Air is There, Waiting

LeadersWork Coaching Program

This is a quick com­mer­cial announce­ment for a struc­tured lead­er­ship coach­ing pro­gram I’ve named Lead­er­sWork. As in, the most essen­tial work of any leader must be con­tin­u­ous per­son­al growth and learn­ing.  The pro­gram and for­mat have been very suc­cess­ful in help­ing peo­ple address cen­tral ques­tions about their own lead­er­ship quick­ly and effec­tive­ly. If you are… Con­tin­ue read­ing Lead­er­sWork Coach­ing Program

The Problem with Optimism

I’ve been want­i­ng to write this post for awhile. It’s not at all that I think pes­simism, or pes­simis­m’s dis­guised cousin, cyn­i­cism, are good things. Nor is this about rose-cov­­ered glass­es, per se. It’s actu­al­ly about the more impor­tant top­ic of tru­ly feel­ing that you can be your­self with oth­ers and don’t have to pre­tend… Con­tin­ue read­ing The Prob­lem with Optimism