Imagine two circles. One represents you, one represents your role at work. How much overlap is healthy?

Here’s an exercise to help you answer that question.

Most of us rush straight to the “what”. Goals. Metrics. Projects. Plans. They matter, of course, but they are only half the picture. The more powerful questions at this time of year are about the “who”.

If your sense of worth lives in your title or others’ approval, you’re vulnerable. Here’s how to build an internal foundation you can carry anywhere.

Leadership at the top levels isn’t about trying harder. It’s about leading from values-based coherence, not performance. Here’s what I’ve seen that makes the difference.

Imagine two circles. One represents you, one represents your role at work. How much overlap is healthy? Here’s an exercise to help you answer that question.

When I turned 38, my dad said something funny. It got me thinking. Just like parents need to remind themselves that their kids are their own person, as fully alive, thoughtful and feeling as they were at the same age, many leaders know their staff are actually people, but on some level they relate to them as adjuncts, resources, less-than.

Humans tend to operate along two lines; fear and love, and often mutually exclusive. Fear as the thing that's holding us back, and love as the thing that enables us to connect and grow. This part of you that you think of as your fearful part actually has a positive intention for you. Read more…