Category Archives: Executive Coaching

An Gold Medalist Mother Choosing to Hold onto Hope

Mother’s day 2020 is one like no other. The new normal consists of sheltering in place, virtual celebrations with loved ones, and an uncertainty regarding when we will return to the life we once knew. In addition to the horrific … Continue reading

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Building Your Way Forward: Mind Maps, Odyssey Planning and Prototyping

Part 2: Designing Your Life Chapters 4, 5 & 6 The authors of the book Designing Your Life expound upon the most pernicious challenge of conducting a career search: getting unstuck. Feeling stuck or a sense of inertia is prevalent … Continue reading

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When Women Lead: Learning by Listening

Archetypes and Leadership Fifteen years ago, I published a research paper and article on the topic of gender diversity in the workplace entitled, “Archetypes and Gender Diversity.” I was fascinated with the notion that women leaders might function differently than … Continue reading

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All You Need is a Dashboard and a Compass

  Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-lived, Joyful Life A well-designed life is a life that is generative – it is constantly creative, productive, changing, evolving, and there is always the possibility of surprise.” — Bill Burnett & … Continue reading

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A Change of Plans

Copenhagen, Denmark April 3, 2020 Today would have been our departure date from Chicago to Copenhagen to visit our youngest daughter, Josephine (Jo), who was studying abroad. It was to have been a thrilling adventure, visiting all the places she … Continue reading

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Wall Street Journal Special Report on the Coronavirus

From time to time, I share materials from journals that I read. The Wall Street Journal is one that I go to often for in-depth coverage on topics ranging from industry updates to best practices pertaining to leadership development. Today, … Continue reading

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Designing Our Work & Life in the Time of Covid-19

The past few weeks have been truly surreal. It is hard to come to terms with a reality where even going to the store requires a series of decisions that have impact on our personal health, the well-being of our … Continue reading

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How to Handle Feedback

A Review of The Disapproval Matrix by Ann Friedman Handling feedback and criticism is challenging for most of us and is a common issue on which I coach my clients. So when I came across a great article in the … Continue reading

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Collaboration Defined

collaborate verb col·lab·o·rate \kə-ˈla-bə-,rāt\ : to work with another person or group in order to achieve or do something : to give help to an enemy who has invaded your country during a war Full Definition of COLLABORATE Intransitive verb … Continue reading

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A Quiet Mind

We’ve all had those experiences if life when something touches our soul in a profound way. I had one of those experiences recently at an Enneagram training program I attended in the beautiful Connecticut countryside. The Enneagram is a personality … Continue reading

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