One of the toughest moments every leader must face is hitting a plateau. I define a plateau as the moment when your strengths and ways of being, that got you to where you are, will not get you where you need to go.  Even worse, often, these old habits may cause you to fail.

Range is a critical and under-talked about leadership skill.

In this post you will learn:

1. Why range matters.

2. Types of leadership range.

3. How to expand your range.

As I talk to friends and founders during COVID, one thing is abundantly clear, people need nature to stay grounded.

I have recently been working with a number of teams on setting up meeting best practices. 

Over the last month, I have been filled with anger, processing the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and Rayshard Brooks; whose deaths reflect the systemic racism that exists in our country, and in myself.

If I have one piece of advice for early-stage founders, it is to develop a practice of deep and open sharing early in your co-founder relationship. 

Why? Co-founder relationships are complex and you need to build trust when things are going well in order to survive when things go poorly.

I wanted to share a quick excerpt from an email I recently wrote to my clients regarding how to respond to the impact of both COVID-19 and the economic downturn.

What’s the difference between a coach and a therapist? And more importantly, should you work with one, the other, or both?

What’s the difference between a coach and a therapist? And more importantly, should you work with one, the other, or both?

The Enneagram is one of my favorite coaching tools and during the workshop, I was amazed at how quickly the Enneagram became a vehicle for team members to candidly share about themselves and how they wanted to communicate differently with each other.