Journal
Notes on leading and communicating.
Two posts a month — one on coaching and leadership, one on communications.
Agreements: why great coaching starts with the contract — and great teams do too
Most misunderstandings at work are agreements that were never actually made.
Feedback you can actually use: a leader’s guide to receiving it
The more senior you become, the less honest feedback you get. Here’s how to keep it coming.
Leadership CoachingBurnout and the myth of the tireless leader
We admire leaders who never seem to stop. Their teams pay the price, and eventually so do they.
Leadership CoachingDelegation is a trust problem disguised as a time problem
Leaders say they don’t have time to delegate. Usually, they don’t yet trust what will happen if they do.
Leadership CoachingValues under pressure: what your calendar says about what you believe
Your stated values live on the wall. Your real values live in your calendar.
Leadership CoachingPresence is a practice, not a personality trait
Executive presence isn’t charisma. It’s the quality of attention you bring into the room.
Leadership CoachingThe first 90 days: the transition trap high performers fall into
The skills that earned the promotion are often the ones that sabotage the first months in the new role.
Leadership CoachingWhat coaching is — and what it isn’t
Coaching isn’t advice, therapy, or mentoring. Knowing the difference helps you get the support you actually need.
Leadership CoachingListening at three levels
Most of us listen to respond. Leaders who listen to understand hear what’s underneath.
Leadership CoachingWhy most leadership goals fail by February
Goals fail not for lack of willpower, but because they skip the conversation that makes them real.
Leadership CoachingYear-end reflection: the review your performance review won’t give you
Your formal review measures results. This one measures whether you’re becoming the leader you want to be.
Leadership CoachingThe difference between a good question and a powerful one
Good questions gather information. Powerful questions change how you see the problem.
Archive
2025
- Year-end reflection: the review your performance review won’t give youCoaching
- The difference between a good question and a powerful oneCoaching
2026
- Agreements: why great coaching starts with the contract — and great teams do tooCoaching
- Feedback you can actually use: a leader’s guide to receiving itCoaching
- Burnout and the myth of the tireless leaderCoaching
- Delegation is a trust problem disguised as a time problemCoaching
- Values under pressure: what your calendar says about what you believeCoaching
- Presence is a practice, not a personality traitCoaching
- The first 90 days: the transition trap high performers fall intoCoaching
- What coaching is — and what it isn’tCoaching
- Listening at three levelsCoaching
- Why most leadership goals fail by FebruaryCoaching