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Years ago, while I was at business school, I managed to correspond with Fast Company magazine and organized for two of their staff writers/editors to come and engage in a Q&A with my cohort of fellow learners in Victoria, BC. Well, most learners.
Read MoreAfter two years of mandated distance, we are now able to think and plan to bring our teams back together for in-person gatherings, meetings and maybe a team retreat. I have been building the team here at IRG for the past 18 months, and many of the team members had never met in person before,
Read MoreI have worked in higher education for over 20 years. One positive change I have noticed is much more collaboration between disciplines. It is exciting to see teams that bring together sciences with humanities or law with theatre.
Read MoreStretch your body, connect to your intuition, and ground your mind. If you had all the resources you needed, what would you take action on?
Recently I had the opportunity to do just this.
Read MoreThis was the hard truth I shared with a coaching client last week – “it’s not about you”. Of course, I presented it in a coach-like fashion of sharing an observation that she was putting a lot of pressure on herself to come up with the perfect plan for her team while making all of the decisions before September 1st.
Read MoreToday’s title is a simple meditative prompt taken from Richard Wagamese’s book Embers. It is the latest in a number of reminders for me to sit into and be okay with silence. By being silent we can take in the environment around us, pay attention to others, to ourselves, to our breathing.
Read MoreI am wondering if you, like me, had a moment reflecting on what I aspired to earlier this year and where I am now. When I glanced at my list, I started to check off the things I had accomplished. However, before I started to pat myself on the back, the list of what I haven’t done was fairly long and took hold of my attention.
Read MoreI think like most people I am on a bit of a daily treadmill, with repeated patterns and rituals and the problem with that is that I can get into a bit of rut, a well-worn path of thoughts, feelings and behavior that is comfortable, but perhaps does not keep me focused on a goal of improvement and growth. How about you?
Read MoreComing out of two years of COVID and the great resignation, top of mind for many leaders and organizations lately is how to attract and retain talent. One way to get the attention of talent and keep the talent you have is to foster environments that are welcoming of diversity and are inclusive of all ways of being.
Read MoreI have said, more than a few times since the start of this year, “the arrival of 2022 felt like stepping onto a moving sidewalk”. Everything that had been on pause during the last two years of a pandemic world was suddenly available again and everything was moving quickly.
Read MoreAmy Edmondson describes psychological safety as “a climate where people feel safe enough to take personal risks by speaking up and sharing concerns, questions or ideas.”
Read More“You’ve got what it takes to be a fantastic coach, Diane.”
That’s what one woman in my executive coaching program said to me.
I remember my response, too:
“Someday I hope to feel on the inside what you see from the outside.”
Read MoreJournalist Jennifer Moss published The Burnout Epidemic in 2021, and it couldn’t have been timelier. I read it last December and have been thinking about it ever since. We’ve been hearing so much about the Great Resignation, and a lot of leaders are worried sick that their teams might fall apart…right when they need team the most.
Read MoreI often find articles that speak to coaching being a central component of leadership, and this heartens me to see coaching embedded in the expectations of our leaders.
Read MoreThe most dangerous phrase in the language is ‘It’s always been done that way.’ — Grace Hopper, computer scientist
Read MoreSo, what is inspired leadership, anyway? This is a question I've been holding for the past ten years. When I started my business in 2011, I was on a mission to change leadership in some way. Coaching was the first tool I added to my toolbox. And it has forever changed me as a person. It changed the way I lead. And it changed the way I think about leadership.
Read MoreThat is one of my favorite sayings. I am unable to attribute it. But I believe this so much. In the last couple of weeks, I've had a handful of coaching conversations with people who are holding themselves back from reaching…well, their potential, frankly.
Read MoreI just attended a webinar with Peter Hawkins, one of the thought leaders in the coaching industry and I was struck by his observation that we are leading like 20th-century leaders instead of 21st-century leaders.
Read MoreOne of the things I struggle with in my journey to be a courageous leader is setting expectations with my team. Or with clients. Even my family members.
The theme of setting expectations has always been a struggle for me. And this is where I know I have a growing edge, and an opportunity to practice something.
Read MoreI will admit that the word resilience was barely on my radar before 2020 arrived. In fact, when this word started showing up in coaching conversations and my social media feed, I was curious – what does it really mean to be resilient?
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