Vulnerability Does Not Equal Weakness

I work with many clients who had to be tough to succeed. Whether they’ve had to overcome challenging life circumstances to get where they are or they grew up in a “normal” household, many people I coach did not become successful by ...

Make your own cartoon tool to succeed at work!

Being clear on who we are and what we have to do at work is indispensable to keep our ego-system in check, to cultivate a learning mindset and to operate from a place of peace of mind for the greater benefit of our team and ...

Why do our clients LOVE receiving feedback?!

At Learning as Leadership, January is an intensive month for delivering 360° feedback to the participants coming to the February Personal Mastery workshop. I personally love this feedback delivery process and I think that, despite an ...

The Gift of Communication

Dear LAL clients, Before letting you enjoy “The gift of communication”, we want to thank you with all our heart. Another amazing year of trust, collaboration and learning with you! We continue doing this tough yet rewarding work of ...

Damn! I Just Lost my Temper Again

There it was, out of my mouth before I knew I felt it. The morning routine had been rolling along fine until I brought up yesterday’s lost lunch box – yet another! – and my son complained with a whine that he didn’t know where it was. ...

What Happened to Summer Vacation?

I’m noticing a disturbing trend among my clients. Several I spoke to recently had not taken a single day off the entire summer. Nada. These are high-level leaders, with plenty of “use it or lose it” vacation time banked. Technically ...

The Right Mindset for Success (and following your passion, and inspiring your people)

This week we want to share with you a fascinating interview HBR conducted with Carol Dweck, professor at Stanford University and author of Mindset: The New Psychology of Success in early 2012. Here’s the link to the 15 min podcast ...

Overcoming Ego Obstacles to Mentoring Others (Part II)

This week we dive deeper into the ways in which you as a leader may be unconsciously sabotaging yourself when it comes to developing your employees and transform you into a mentor who your employees will clamor for! In my previous post ...

The Courage to Fail — Publicly

Gandhi is a larger than life figure — revered for his rousing movement of civil disobedience. He and his peaceful followers are credited with bringing down British control of India when no amount of violence could have. But did you ...