Tag: leadership development

  • Toxic Positivity: Do We Have To Feel Bad for Feeling Bad?

    Do we have to feel bad for feeling bad? NO! Feelings are hard enough. I’ll also add that hurt people hurt people and sometimes when we’re feeling bad, we misdirect our feelings into words and actions we can’t take back. Then we feel bad for feeling bad AND making someone else feel bad. Fortunately, this […]

  • Redefining Leadership

    What did you think leadership was when you were growing up? One of the scariest phases in a parent’s life is when they no longer are the primary influence on their kids. They choose a new “leader” to follow. But are they good ones? What were you examples were you taught from childhood to emulate, […]

  • Cancel Culture vs Conscious Capitalism

    A few weeks ago, I shared a story about a School Board Chair who stepped down from his leadership role in the wake of backlash against his graduation speech. Some comments reflected a wariness around people being ousted for saying something perceived as offensive, shifting the wrongdoing to the people so easily offended bullying people […]

  • Conscious Leadership Isn’t Perfect Leadership

    Conscious Leadership isn’t perfect leadership. With all the backlash surrounding cancel culture, how to hold leaders accountable is becoming more confusing. Can we hold leaders accountable without “canceling them?” A deeper look into this is coming; I have been pitching an article to major publications on this very topic. In the meantime, let’s ask a different […]