Feb 22, 2018 | Breaking Through, Creative Leadership, Cultivating Creativity, Essentialism, Managing Change, Seeking Balance and Wellness in Leadership, Thoughts for New Professionals
Oh, okay, it’s a little self-promotion, but it was fun to take this interview and think through this topic. I believe coaching is a powerful tool to manage change and achieve goals, while also uncovering what’s most essential to us. Have a look at some...
Jan 22, 2018 | Breaking Through, Creative Leadership, Cultivating Creativity, Developing Innovative Awareness, Essentialism, Managing Change, Thoughts for New Professionals
What frame of reference are you looking at the challenges you’re facing today? What glasses are you seeing your vision and solutions through? Are they rose-colored? Or tinted with a pessimistic brown haze? What has informed your choices and the way you see the...
Dec 12, 2016 | Breaking Through, Creative Leadership, Strengthening Facilitation, Thoughts for New Professionals
Your BREAK THROUGH, Vol. 1, Post 45 A Case for Facilitation as Critical Professional Development Facilitation is an exercise in constant adaptability, encouraging a practicing facilitator to respond and adapt to what their participants are thinking, doing, and...
Dec 2, 2016 | Breaking Through, Building Community, Thoughts for New Professionals
Your BREAK THROUGH, Vol. 1, Post 44 It’s time we stop trying to redefine networking, and give what we’re really after a new name. Networking has scared, dismayed and sent far too many of us running for the hills for far too long. We fear the glad-handing,...
Oct 1, 2016 | Breaking Through, Building Community, Thoughts for New Professionals
Your BREAK THROUGH, Vol. 1, Post 38 (reprise, originally written in Fall 2014) (This was in response to LinkedIn’s “What makes a pitch unforgettable?” prompt): There is most definitely an art to pitching a new idea. And investors, collaborators, and...
Sep 3, 2016 | Breaking Through, Cultivating Creativity, Developing Innovative Awareness, Thoughts for New Professionals
Your BREAK THROUGH, Vol. 1, Post 35 (reprise, originally written in Summer 2014) Last spring, as part of the mini-series on the Artist’s Wheel, I posed questions about how our energy increases our effectiveness. This idea is fresh on my mind after seeing the...
