The Spectrum

The Spectrum

I learned an invaluable lesson my second year at drama school that I find myself sharing with my corporate clients all the time. I was doing a scene from Shakespeare’s A Winter’s Tale, playing the role of Hermione. Really bad things happen to Hermione; her husband,...
Thoughts for Women’s History Month

Thoughts for Women’s History Month

It feels appropriate to write something about women for Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day. I’m reminded of when I was a kid and turned to my dad while shopping for Mother’s Day to ask, “How come there’s no kid’s day?” He replied, as most parents do...
Receiving Feedback

Receiving Feedback

Over the past several years I’ve spent hundreds of hours working with people to become more effective deliverers of feedback.  It’s a topic most organizations are willing to invest in because what makes individuals and companies improve most quickly is an environment...
Impostor Syndrome

Impostor Syndrome

I love impostor syndrome. I love it not for what it is, which isn’t super fun, but because it gives a name to something we all experience. It usually goes something like this: a client is admitting to me the lack of confidence they have about their ability to fulfill...
Evaluating Lessons Learned and My Dating Guidelines

Evaluating Lessons Learned and My Dating Guidelines

(Image courtesy of https://www.funderstanding.com/educators/classroom-assessment/) A topic that comes up often in coaching and leadership development is what people and organizations are doing to look back and assess lessons learned on successful and unsuccessful...