When Expertise Becomes a Liability
Many successful leaders build their professional identities based on being the smartest person in the room (because they really are quite smart). But as a
Many successful leaders build their professional identities based on being the smartest person in the room (because they really are quite smart). But as a
There is an occupational hazard that comes with being a successful leader with a prized intellect – the kind that puts one in positions of
At the core of any way of being is energy. Just as at the core of any action is a way of being. It is the intentional
Competence is valuable when operating from the known. Intelligence is valuable when operating from the unknown. Competence is useful to effectively solve a known problem.
It is utterly blindsiding to be at the peak of your career, and realize you are suffocating. I know this intimately because I lived it.
Complexity is frequently met with an additive fallacy: providing a new piece of information for a leader to carry, such as a communication blueprint, a
The limitation one faces at the highest altitudes of human potential is rarely a lack of capability. It is the unconscious deployment of it. This
Contextual observations often degrade into dogma when they are impressed upon people who do not have the lived context of the observations. The axiom “What
Clients come with varying desires for what they want out of our coaching – there is more variation than I can list. For example, the
This week, I am face to face with the violence in our world. There are times when I am overwhelmed by empathy for my fellow