Sometimes the manager is the problem. Sometimes the manager is the messenger. Telling the two apart decides whether anything actually changes. Early in my teaching career, a manager took issue...

I was wandering through the narrow streets of a small village in Sicily, which I've now visited for three consecutive years, when someone called my name. “Christina!” I turned around, and there was...

Being responsible for a team, an organization, or major business decisions already requires significant time, energy, and attention. Add parenting to that equation, and the pressure can feel very...

Through my years of work in real estate valuation and investment, I have learned that true value is not always measured by what the eye can see. When we value a property, we do not look only at the facade...

Sometimes, when you stop following an idea, the idea follows you. This summer in Florence, away from the usual noise of emails, news and everyday demands, I found myself thinking about something I hadn’t gone...

Leadership decisions are often shaped by subconscious patterns formed long before someone steps into a position of authority. This article explores how hidden fears and protective behaviors can drive...

We often expect people to lead differently as they become more senior: to step back, ask rather than answer, and see beyond the immediate problem. Yet the behaviours that made them valuable are often...

There is something quite remarkable about the way nature works when you stop and really think about it. A tree doesn’t grow purely for itself. It provides shelter, its roots help stabilise the earth...

Gen Z is more aware of mental well-being than any previous generation. They also feel more anxiety. If your leadership training hasn't been updated recently, you're probably noticing this. By...

Somewhere in your organization right now, someone got promoted for being excellent at their job and is now failing at a completely different one. Nobody told them the two jobs weren’t the same. Here’s the distinction...

When we discuss boundaries in executive coaching and leadership circles, the conversation almost universally centers on others. We coach women leaders on overcoming the people-pleasing reflex, declining...

Leadership development is changing. The question is whether organizations are changing with it. For years, leadership development has centered around skills such as communication, emotional intelligence...

We work in something close to real time now, weekly check-ins instead of quarterly ones, plans that shift before they're even finished. So here's the honest question: is the way you're leading change...

Uncertainty can be unsettling. If we are honest, we are living in uncertain times. Global tensions, economic changes, rapid advances in artificial intelligence and technology, and shifting workplaces...

In a study of 29 physician leaders, many participants were still meeting metrics and still serving patients while quietly losing a sense of meaning, belonging, and self.[1] Nothing catastrophic had happened...

Walk into almost any manufacturing facility in the world and you will find evidence of waste. Waiting. Overproduction. Unnecessary motion. Defects that reappear after they have been solved. Processes that work...

When I start coaching a new client, I often learn that one of their direct reporting relationships is strained. It can be someone they report to, or it can be someone who reports to them. Either way...

Organizations spend significant time and money teaching managers how to lead. They train them to communicate effectively, give feedback, manage conflict, delegate, coach employees, and navigate...

Do you ever find yourself explaining away why a team member missed another deadline, or why a critical conversation needs to wait until next week? You are not alone. One of the most damaging habits...

Imagine joining a senior leadership meeting in an organisation you have never visited before. You know very little about the people around the table. You have read the strategy and looked at the...

There is a sentence I have heard thousands of times during more than fifty years of working with human beings, “Oh yes. I understand.” Very often, almost immediately, the person returns to doing exactly...

Your organization may have competitive pay, flexible working, wellbeing initiatives, and a carefully designed employee retention strategy. Yet if people experience poor leadership every day, those investments...

In the modern corporate and entrepreneurial landscape, we hyperfocus on metrics of optimization. We track key performance indicators (KPIs), download time management applications, and hire elite...

We have spent decades teaching leaders how to lead. Maybe it is time we spend more time teaching leaders how to be human while they lead. Organizations invest heavily in leadership development. We teach...