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My leadership style can be described as two weeks in the Bahamas with no wifi. 🏝️ It's summer break season again and I was recently reminded of my answer to an interviewer's question a few years ago about how I like to lead my team. It was a witty effort to describe in short the servant leadership style that I strongly believe in and apply. But don't let the tempting visual of a tropic vacation fool you; servant leadership takes a lot of hard #work and focused effort. Accord

A client came back from two weeks in Greece and told me the calm lasted until Wednesday. By her second week back, she said, it was as though she had never left. All the work stress, rumination, anxiety, sleeplessness - it all came back totally unchanged. Holidays in Greece is always a good idea (trust me). But, are holidays even enough anymore? Or, do we all collectively need to embrace the concept of micro-retirement instead? Admittedly, the idea is rather seductive. At leas

Your team is dragging their feet... Meetings lack energy, initiative has slowed down, ideas are uninspired and everyone feels stuck in a rut. tIs this fatigue from too much work? Or is your team actually under-stimulated instead of overwhelmed? The 3 zones of effort The model is well-known, simple and every leader should be able to navigate their team through the zones efficiently. Comfort zone: Think of comfort as the soft landing. People feel safe, competent, steady. It is

In all my years in HR, I’ve seen promotions used for the wrong reasons: to keep someone from leaving or reward long tenure that “felt right" or to make a team look stronger on paper (and the leader more successful) even when the person promoted wasn’t ready. None of this helps the employee and it certainly does not help the #team. Now, don't get me wrong - I wholeheartedly believe in development. It is one of the strongest motivators we have. It sits together with sense of pu

As I head off for a summer break, I'm taking a moment to reflect on a year in leadership that has been as rewarding as it has been challenging. It’s been a year of guiding teams, offering solutions, and being the steady presence everyone can count on. But in moments of quiet honesty, I'll admit there were times when my energy was completely gone. It's tempting to see this as a failure but, in reality, I was just feeling the emotional toll of constantly wearing the "leader mas

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