Coaching enabled a small diverse team to deliver more, better, faster. It fostered high-value and innovative contributions and facilitated pro-active and nimble adaptation to changing circumstances.

Bringing together the required strengths to meet our goals, and positioning each team member to excel, encouraging each to recognize their own value in the team as well as the individual brilliance of each of their colleagues

While brainstorming, a lightning-bolt inspiration beginning with “I think….” would be shared enthusiastically with the team as a possible solution to the challenge. Invariably one of the group would respond “There is no I in Team”. In the end, it was clear: There were eight profoundly unique “I”s in that team. And every single “I” contributed to their success.

I wasn’t a quitter. I couldn’t just not try. That wasn’t me – despite that voice.

You can read all the books available on the topic of your choice. It is in finding/ developing your own solutions, proving to yourself they are effective, that they will “stick”.

…your fears can backlight your super powers - like a spotlight!

“Fear that’s examined yields powerful discoveries about you at your best”
~ Marcus Buckingham from Work+Love

There’s so much on your plate. A coach could never understand the challenges you face, the complexity of your world or the crushing timelines.

You are, absolutely, the leader you have always wished you had!

You don’t NEED a coach or a personal trainer. . .

And, I bet it would be kinda nice not to feel so worn out, and have a safe place to think, with someone who believes in you. . .

Imposter thinking? No.

That voice that has called me out as an imposter is the voice of my subconscious letting me know I might have missed something in the complexity and speed of the situation. It’s the voice that drives “better”.

Where could inspiring leadership – at all levels - take your organization, your department, your team?

Professional growth takes effort …not every attempt will succeed. You will grow and find that the strengths within you are stronger than you imagined. If you continue, in addition to Courage, you will need Determination, Grit, Will, Honesty and Humility.

This day is a treasure chest of moments yet to happen. A day of gifts, to be opened, one after another. Each one with potential to celebrate.

Leadership at any level has nothing to do with trying to be something, appearing one way or another or learning how to have a convincing style. Leaders I want to follow stand naturally, comfortably confident in their strengths, know their value, are content with their quirks, and are unafraid of their limitations. Knowing their own limitations, they actively seek out the brilliance of others to bring the strengths required to achieve the objectives in front of them.

Why seek a used, second-hand piece of “advice” that may have been applicable to another situation with a different cast of characters for someone with a different set of strengths?

I was asked if I had ever met someone who really wasn’t leadership material. My response, after consideration, was “I think so – yes – and it wasn’t necessarily terminal”.