Last week, I wrote about the people who drain our energy, the ones who leave us feeling deflated after every interaction. It struck a chord with many of you, probably because we have all been there. But as I closed off last week’s article, sometimes we are also the one who is the leak. So … Read more
We’ve all had them. The people who make your day longer, your energy lower, and your patience thinner than you thought possible. The ones who somehow suck the colour out of a meeting without even trying. And yet… we still have to show up. Like the professional we are, and the leader we want to … Read more
Some weeks, leadership feels like standing in full sunlight: bright, intentional and alive. Other weeks, the colours are dull. Not because you have lost them, but because life has shifted the light. The red that once fuelled your courage now feels like overdrive. The blue that helped you connect now feels heavy. The green curiosity … Read more
Yesterday, I looked up and saw a full rainbow stretched across the sky. Not just a partial arc, but one of those rare, perfect, horizon-to-horizon rainbows that makes you stop mid-step and just breathe it in. I know rainbows often get pulled into analogies about hardship. You know, the storm passes, the rainbow appears, hope … Read more
Lately, I have noticed a theme emerging in conversations with leaders. They are not just tired (it is the last quarter stretch, and it has been a big year for many), but they are also tired of managing across generations. Some of the comments I hear often sound like this: It is the same regardless. … Read more
Same characters, same punchlines, same sense of regret at the end. We show up, shuffle papers (or mute ourselves on Zoom), and wonder why we even bothered. Ok, maybe not all meetings, all the time, but most of them are. But meetings don’t have to be this way. In fact, they could be the exact … Read more
It is that time of year again. The LinkedIn posts. The corporate breakfasts. The panels discussing the same issues we were talking about a decade ago. International Women’s Day continues to be performative at best and hollow at worst (see previous years blogs here and here). I am not interested in another round of symbolic … Read more
Have you ever been told you are too soft as a leader? That you focus too much on the people. Whatever that means. Perhaps you have been accused of wearing your heart on your sleeve. And if you are a male leader, maybe the feedback came in the form of “You are not tough enough … Read more
There is a quote by James Hollis (a prominent Jungian psychoanalyst) that I love and keep coming back to: “It’s the nature of nature to change.” I love it personally, but I also love it because it resonates deeply with the realities of leadership. Whether in life or business, change is not an option, it … Read more
If you have ever played a game of poker (not a game I play) or watched a detective show (Detective Columbo is a favourite of mine), you would have probably heard the term “tell.” In poker, a tell is a subtle hint—often unconscious—that reveals what a player is thinking or feeling. It could be a … Read more