Are You Scared Enough?
There is something amazing about working with a highly skilled coach whose focus and purpose is to help you find clarity, purpose and momentum to truly achieve what you dream of. Yes, I know, I am coach, but I am actually not talking about myself here. I believe that every good leader and every great coach does even better when they have a highly skilled and trusted coach of their own. If there is anything I have learned about leadership in these past several years, it is to not lead alone. So, this brings me to the question at the top of this page. It is a question that I was asked...
Read MoreLeading through Service
servant leadership studentsEffective, strong leaders are not what they used to be. That is in no way, shape or form meant as a complaint…it is a statement of the evolution of the leadership and the pathway to a better world. Leadership, like pretty much everything else, has changed over time in many parts of the world. Strong leaders used to lead firmly from the top. There was a clear and enforced heirachy of who was in charge and whose orders were to be followed. Leaders led by giving orders with or without divulging the details of why, and everyone “under” them...
Read MoreYour EXPANSION Awaits You
What do you think stops you first and most when you contemplate the possibility of being bigger and doing something to actually make a difference in the world? I was asked this question a few years ago as I sat in San Juan Capistrano at a facilitator training for the World Academy For the Future of Women. I went there out of curiosity; and quite simply because I had been invited to go. Someone had told me that they saw great potential in me and what I could do in the world and I was curious about what they saw. Did they really see it or was it a slick sales line to get me to show up? I...
Read MoreForever In My Heart
The words they sang were translated from Mandarin to English on a scrap piece of paper delivered to me as I left campus to come back to the United States: “I fear I won’t have the opportunity to say goodbye to you because maybe we can not meet each other again. Tomorrow you will leave this place and me. When I think of this, the tears come down again. I will keep your face in my heart firmly forever. I will value the gifts of you that you gave me forever. These days we had together will never be forgotten in my heart. You can not promise whether you will come back, maybe I...
Read MoreA Chance to Change the World
Do you dream of making a difference in the world? Do you ever wonder what it would be like to be born somewhere else where the opportunities we enjoy simply do not yet exist? Do you believe that people are valuable no matter which country they were born in, no matter what language they speak, no matter what governmental system rules the land they were born to? I do. If you are like me in your passion about being a positive force in the world and helping women from every corner of our planet to have opportunities, safety, health, and respect equally to men, then I invite you to come with me...
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