When Life Is Difficult, Look For The Lesson
We often describe resilience as the ability to bounce back, to return to where we were before disappointment, failure, or adversity interrupted our plans.
But what if that isn't the goal?
In a thoughtful reflection on resilience, renowned surgeon and academic leader Dr. Julie Freischlag offers a different perspective. Rather than "bouncing back," she encourages us to think about ...
A Leadership Best Practice Worth Stealing
One of the unexpected joys of executive coaching is that I'm constantly learning from my clients.
Recently, I began working with a new client, a leader in academic medicine.
Following one of our early coaching conversations, he reached out to share several intentional leadership actions he'd taken. Among them was an email he had written to his direct reports after completing the Cl...
Why Leadership Growth Always Feels Uncomfortable
Nearly every meaningful opportunity in your career begins at what I call your growth edge.
That is the philosophy behind the name of both this newsletter and my podcast. Leadership growth rarely happens where we feel most competent or comfortable. It happens at the edge of our current capacity; where familiar habits no longer solve new challenges, where certainty gives way to curiosi...
