The impact of people pleasing on your leadership
The Coach’s Corner Newsletter #110 The best leaders I work with use a mix of management styles to lead their teams. Author and psychologist, Daniel Goleman, has established six styles of leadership based on different aspects of emotional intelligence, as captured here on Personio. 1. Coercive Leadership 2. Authoritative Leadership 3. Affiliative Leadership 4. Democratic […]
Time to recharge: tips from those who are overwhelmed
The Coach’s Corner Newsletter #106 Halfway through 2025, I’m hearing from many of you about the weight you’re carrying around. Weight from intense pressure at work, an inability to catch up on your to-do list, or feeling like you’ve tried everything and now you’re depleted. This week, I’d like to share what I’ve gleaned from […]
Pace yourself
The Coach’s Corner Newsletter #95 Crazy day. Crazy week. Crazy month. You’ve heard it, maybe said it, maybe are living through it right now. And why wouldn’t you? Everywhere you turn, your colleagues or leaders or elected officials are moving at such breakneck speed, what else can you do? As it turns out, there is […]
When your reservoir is empty
The Coach’s Corner Newsletter #55 One of the joys of sitting in our backyard is being near this stone fountain, where the sound of the flowing water is mesmerizing. During this current heatwave, the fountain is doing its best to keep flowing. But every few days its reservoir is nearly empty. I can resonate. Despite […]
Here’s what happens when you’re kind
The Coach’s Corner Newsletter #41 When I shared with my oldest granddaughter, here for the end of spring break, that I would be taking some time to write this newsletter she asked me what I was going to write about. As I threw out a few topics from my notes, she nodded her head without […]
Note to self: breathe
The Coach’s Corner Newsletter #40 What is it about the month of March? Stress is showing up everywhere I go. This week a sense of dread felt like it stuck to my chest, rattled through my family, shook up several clients and even brought a normally cheerful grocery clerk to tears. Doing a scan of […]