I recently found myself hesitating when a community organization I'm involved with asked for my support as a volunteer board member. I recently found myself hesitating when a community organization I'm involved with asked for my support as a volunteer board member....

As executives, we’ve been trained to have all the answers. As leaders, however, often the best thing we can do is ask questions instead. This year, a poem changed my leadership. Let me share the poem with you—and don’t worry, it’s a haiku, so this will be brief: Talk...

Here are 10 steps to break through performance plateaus in each area of your life. Some 20 years ago, I fell prey to the boiling frog syndrome, finding myself in a significant state of imbalance between my work patterns and my personal health. After our second child,...

Have you ever worked in an organizational culture that reflected its leader’s personality and behavior? Have you ever worked in an organizational culture that reflected its leader’s personality and behavior? It’s quite common for a new leader, in fact, to start...

What brings a hard-working and proven senior leader to the point of polishing her resume? Failure to let them know they are seen, heard, and appreciated. The first sentence out of her mouth told me a lot. “I’m so frustrated that I want to call my boss and give him my...