To Show Up & Serve
I had just finished a last minute virtual keynote on my rest day before heading into facilitating a full 3-day training. And I felt the urge to snap this pic after getting an email from the meeting planner of that virtual
Stand Tall and Believe
I didn't know her seed was in my mix when I seeded this front garden where a tree had to be taken down at Monarch Meadows Retreat. It is the biggest sunflower I've ever seen. Smack in the very middle of the flower
They’d be 14.
I think about them. I guess it's more like wonder about them, at least once a day. I knew the date today. And yet it took a text from someone who remembers them every year for me to "remember" the day. Two
A Friend Thing & A Business Thing
Last week I had two tours at Monarch Meadows Retreat, both with women who are friends and who also are potential clients or can introduce me to clients. For me, the friend part supersedes the business part. By a lot. And I have
The seeds are the point
You have sent people to training before. They came back excited.Two weeks later, nothing had changed. You were handed a flower bouquet.Beautiful, and dying two weeks later. During wildflower season at Monarch Meadows Retreat I teach you how to cut yourself a
Unexpected Lessons From a Cabin Weekend
A cabin weekend offered me a few unexpected leadership lessons.First, the spiders. They spend all night building intricate webs, work that will likely be destroyed by morning. And still, they build again.Then the fog. It settles in and makes everything
Leading across generations takes courage.
Leading across generations takes courage. Different experiences. Different expectations. Different ways of communicating.And yet, the goal is the same: to connect, collaborate, and build trust. I’m excited to partner with Enterprise University for a free virtual workshop: Leading Across Generations with Courage and
Courageous work cultures
Closing out Anders University with Courage. This morning, I had the honor of leading a Courage is Built Here™ workshop with a Anders University cohort. Together, we dug into real conversations about how we cope with stress at home and at work, how
an investment of time, energy, and heart
One of my favorite testimonies ever came from a leader who admitted he thought attending my three-day Courage is Built Here™ training was a punishment from their boss. At the end of our time together, they laughed, slapped the table, and
