The Discipline of Reflection

The Discipline of Reflection

Creating practices has been an integral part of my Dorrier Underwood training and I include them in my coaching with clients. What I’ve gotten clearer about over the last year is how a practice can interrupt “my drift”, that which reliably keeps me small, and has the...
When Strengths Become Limits

When Strengths Become Limits

I have been thinking about..and I invite you to think with me…the distinction Success Strategy/Winning Formula and styles of leadership/being in the world. Are they distinct, if so in what ways? What can we impact and what do we simply want to own and enhance?  A...
Noticing Where You Get Stopped

Noticing Where You Get Stopped

Have you ever been in a conversation with a person who works for you or with a peer when something they say, or even some random facial expression hits you wrong? Maybe you have a history with the person that the moment evokes, or maybe the situation reminds you of...
“I Have No Idea…”

“I Have No Idea…”

From Derek Thompson’s recent Atlantic column, “Work in Progress”:   “Last week, I asked readers to tell me what people don’t get about their job. In an economy with thousands of occupations and hundreds of sectors, and where many people within the same large company...
Your Song

Your Song

Part 1 Morning Contemplation   think of these things for your morning contemplation, with your coffee or tea, not the news or the movie you are binging don’t start with email and messages start with considering the great mystery of time that is all we have we say...