For most of my clients feeling stuck comes and goes, and it’s often triggered from outside events. Politics, global issues, changes at work. It can feel like a pond freezing over, and the last open spots closing in, crystal by crystal. I often think of what I call the Houdini principle: What do you do …
What is instead of saying, “When I feel confident, I’ll be able to do X,” you said, “When do I feel confident?” And then you explored the circumstances around the feeling and built around that? My first principle in the “I to the 4th Power” system is Impact, which is about knowing your strengths. There’s …
Sometimes when you’re stuck, the last thing anyone will tell you is to feel your feelings. You’ll hear that making a list of gratitudes will help. You’ll hear the famous story that ends with, “The wolf you feed is the one that wins.” You’ll be told to look for the gift or opportunity in …
s Last week after writing to you about my annual review, I actually sat down and did it. What an amazing exercise. It never fails to shake out something you can only see in hindsight. But when it does, it’s so clear. Here are a few of my discoveries for 2023: ’23 was a …
Yesterday I woke up with zero motivation. I haven’t made a single resolution, though I did see a special about the health benefits of plant-based eating, so maybe that. No 2024 plan. Goals all over the place. At this rate, I’ll be lucky to get out of my yoga pants by February. Belly scratch and …
Two clients recently shared that they keep hearing about all the crazy change happening in business. But their job has been stable. Too stable. They feel like they’re stagnating. What do you do if the change roller coaster feels more like a comet passing in the distant sky? You’d like a change, but you aren’t sure how to begin? …
Conversations go sideways for two reasons: You make confrontation about the other person’s intention, instead of about the impact their behavior had on you You don’t know how to manage the tension after you’ve gotten whatever it was off your chest Every time I say, “Next week we talk about difficult conversations,” I can feel …
The Key to Managing Imposter Syndrome Last week I completed my I to the 4th Power program with a group of 50 Black/African American and LatinX leaders. Those terms don’t even begin to express the group’s diversity of experience, approach, and style. It was an amazing class, once again. We had fun, but it was …
There’s nothing like an election season to make sport of the blame game. “If my opponent were doing what I’m doing instead of what they’re doing, everything would be fine.” Or worse, “If my opponent would stop doing the thing I’m accusing them of but doing myself, everything would be fine.” I’ve been talking to …
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A few weeks ago I had lunch with a senior leader at a Fortune 500 company. That means that her organization has a pipeline for new talent hiring. And when I asked what her biggest challenges are, she said “diversity in the hiring pipeline.” “But not by the traditional DEI measures,” she said. “The company …
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