Trust is considered essential for leadership, but where does real trust come from? We often hear about acting with integrity, consistency and fairness, recognizing value and rewarding achievement. While these are all important qualities in a leader, there is something deeper than all of these. What is it that really makes us trust another human…
Awakened Leadership: Gliding Through Change Gracefully People have been talking about the necessity of ‘managing change’ in companies for decades. Change has become a company constant, which is why many consulting companies focus exclusively on helping companies ‘manage’ change. The Awakened Leadership approach to change is based on a fundamental understanding of the human experience,…
I wrote in my last article about the meaning of Awakened Leadership. Awakened Leadership is being aware of your state of mind. This awareness leads to more synchronicity and flow, knowing when to back off from major decisions and interactions with others, and when to trust your thinking and lean in to life. But where…
As an awakened leader, you have awareness of your state of mind. Are you experiencing well-being in this moment? If so, you’re mentally present. You’re in touch with that flow of fresh thoughts that brings solutions to everyday problems, and breakthrough insights that can take your company to a whole new level, and possibly even…
Debra came to me 6 weeks ago, ready to sign up for a 10 week coaching session. She wanted help because she wasn’t thinking clearly, and was having difficulty concentrating. I taught her about the inside-out paradigm, and how the realizations that it brings you allow people to drop tremendous amounts of extraneous thinking…
I did a four-day intensive recently with a woman who came to me because her life was dull. She had an ok job, and a home and her kids were doing fine. But she felt like she was stuck like her life was passing her by. When we began working together, I realized that my…
I usually tell a client story here, but this time I’m going to write about a friend whom I shall call Nancy. She’s someone I’ve known for many years, and we stay in touch from time to time. She often calls me when she’s in distress. Recently Nancy became an empty nester, and she was…
I began some Skype coaching with the owner of a small publishing company in N.Y.C. last week. My client, whom I shall call Joe, was drawn to my work because he had looked at my websites and liked the fact that I work with the power of thought. Everything was going fine in Joe’s life…
Optimism matters. We want to feel optimistic, that all’s right with the world, that whatever challenges we face, there is hope. When we are in an optimistic state of mind, we have a sense of being carried by life, by something that we can’t quite name or put our finger on; something that not only…
This week’s client story is about an executive I coach named Greta. A global leader, Greta is highly structured at her job because she has so much responsibility. Previous to learning about the inside-out nature of life, she would bring all that structure home with her. She tried to keep everything running on a tight…
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