We’re the Same…but Different

I loved coming across this article titled, “Centered Leadership: How Talented Women Thrive” in the McKinsey Quarterly. The article presents a model for leadership that is specially designed with women in mind, and it reminded me of a story in my own life. Years ago when I was in the market for a road bike, …

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Taking Responsibility

Thomas Friedman wrote a article this Sunday called, “How About Better Parents?” In it he says that too many parents demand better teachers, when in fact the biggest difference in children’s school performance comes from parent involvement. Reading the article, it occurred to how much we look to others to take care of so many …

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Competence and Incompetence

Have you ever worked really hard at something, only to suddenly feel really disconnected from it? Or, like you suddenly don’t know anything about anything? Let me introduce you to the Four Stages of Competence, a concept widely used in coaching. The idea is that we begin from unconscious incompetence, or we don’t know what …

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