This is a space dedicated to the real challenges of leadership.
Here, you’ll find insights on everything from leading yourself with purpose, cultivating a powerful mindset, and building strong, cohesive teams to breaking down communication barriers, becoming the CEO your company needs, and navigating the daily pressures of leadership.
This is more than just advice—it's a resource to empower you to lead with impact, resilience, and confidence.
Dive in, and let’s tackle what it truly takes to lead well.
You are always communicating – whether through your words, your silence, your actions and your inactions. You may not always be aware of how your team, peers, colleagues, and others receive or interpret these communications. This impacts your effectiveness as a leader.
Read MoreMany of the high-performing leaders I know and coach recognize that the most effective way to get the outcomes they want in their personal life, career and the workplace, is through decisive and deliberate action.
Bad A** Boss Leaders provide maximum benefit to their organization because they get things done and they engage and energize their team to do the same, thereby creating an action-oriented culture.
Read MoreBeing a Bad A** Boss Leader is simple but not easy. It requires training, coaching, and introspective work to build and maintain the necessary skillsets for the role.
A Bad A** Boss Leader leads from the comfort of herself while getting done what must be done. She is relentlessly optimistic and creates a future that delights all her stakeholders. She uses all the tools and skills in her leadership toolkit to inspire buy-in and navigate the many challenges she experiences along the way to improving productivity and profitability in her organization.
Read MoreYou may have some idea or even a dream of what you’d like your life to look like, but none of the building blocks seems to be falling into place. Overtime, life gets in the way and before you know it, you’re living a life that looks nothing like your dream. Sure, you have the title, the position and you have the trappings of success, but you don’t feel the way you thought you would. But by now, you also don’t want to lose what you have, so you’re not rocking the boat.
Read MoreMany senior managers and CEO’s experience this phenomenon. Interestingly, it plagues high performers! The reason for this is because your current life is so different from your childhood life and it’s difficult for you to believe and accept that you did it! It’s like… you haven’t caught up with YOU…
It’s called imposter syndrome.
Read MoreSome of the leaders I coach say that on any given day, they spend less than half of their time on work in their genius zone. Instead, they find themselves busy outing fire after fire, playing catch-up with over-due tasks and report feelings of burnout and other health concerns. All of which compromises their overall effectiveness and ultimately, their true potential.
Read MoreWhat we tell ourselves everyday matters. Whether positive or negative, our thoughts about ourselves create our emotions that drive our actions that produce results and ultimately, the life we lead. How we identify ourselves can help us to actualize our potential and give us the opportunity to live the life we want. So, when it comes to work-related or other life situations, what we say to ourselves is relevant.
Read MoreOrganizations require managers to manage systems and processes but also to develop and lead their teams. Both roles require specific skills and being able to adjust and balance between the two, is an art. Ensuring regulations are adhered to, data is accurate, and productivity is on-track are just some of the critical management components while being an inspiration to your team, seeing the potential in your people and creating the environment for them to realize it are just some of the skills needed to lead. These performance expectations often result in managers feeling overwhelmed and burnt out, especially when they haven’t received the requisite training and development or coaching.
Read MoreMany managers find it hard to have difficult conversations. Conversations such as: poor performance, especially when it is repetitive, inappropriate behaviour in the workplace and terminating employment.
These are even more challenging when these conversations are fueled by feelings of frustration and thoughts such as “I have had enough” or “I’m fed up”. When you think this, you are already sending messages to yourself that makes you feel exasperated and perhaps impatient.
Read MoreWhile businesses are recovering and people have expressed an eagerness to return to normal functions, they are experiencing considerate unresponsiveness from their teams. They report that progress is uncharacteristically slow, priorities appear muddled and there is a palpable shift in energy.
Energy fatigue is natural and, to be expected from such a disruption. Like the physical recovery process from Covid-19, symptoms of this post-pandemic inertia are likely to continue after the infection has cleared and can spread across teams within the workspace.
Read MoreI understood how important my environment is to my outcome and so I created my own environment that prepared me to compete at the highest level. What that meant was, I was mindful of the people I surrounded myself with, I became very attuned to how they impacted my energy and attention. Your ideal environment may not always feel comfortable, instead, think of it as a place where you can grow into becoming your best self.
Read MoreAt some point in our lives, we have gotten comfortable and though this is not inherently a bad thing, I guarantee you that it has stunted our growth. Staying in our comfort zones is one of the biggest obstacles to achieving both our organization’s goals and our personal goals. Being willing to experience discomfort is a superpower and is the road to dreams and goals. Here are my top 5 ways to lean into discomfort.
Read MoreMany organizations and team leaders are struggling with getting their teams re-engaged and re-committed. As we move from this new normal and begin functioning in a post pandemic world, it is important that you prioritize team engagement to bring back that sense of camaraderie, team spirit and focus and get everyone swimming in the same direction towards meeting and exceeding the business objectives. Here are 5 easy ways to do this…
Read MoreWhile leading a life by design is about leadership, it’s also about doing everything with passion and knowing that it’s a process of learning and growing. I had a dream of a workplace where people looked forward to going to work, not just to get paid but where they were excited about contributing their skillsets and their talents. I want them to know “that” environment gets created by the part they play, by the person that shows up every day.
Read MoreWhen we see a painting, we see the finished product and get the opportunity to revel in its beauty. What we don’t see, is what it takes to get there. One of the best ways is ….at the end of each quarter, we give ourselves the opportunity to reflect on what we learnt, what obstacles got in the way, what capabilities we became aware of and what strengths we developed. In what ways can we use this information to improve for the next quarter?
Read MoreOne common factor amongst great leaders is the ability to reimagine possibilities and see opportunities where others do not. Today, creativity is a key factor for your business success and having a space that fosters creative growth and innovation could be that stepping stone towards your goals and business success. Here are my top 5 tips for fostering a creative environment that is guaranteed to inspire your team.
Read MoreOftentimes, when we think of emotions, we automatically think about women or believe that showing emotions is a sign of weakness. Maybe you have heard at some point in your life that you cannot showcase your emotions in the workplace, but what if I told you that allowing space where your employees can express appropriate emotions yields more benefits than drawbacks.
Read MoreAny organizational change starts from the top and impacts some people significantly more than others. Those involved in people management usually feel its greatest impact as well as front line staff members. While change is inevitable, accepting it’s negative impact is not. When you or your team members experience fatigue, they and your entire organization suffers. They produce less, take more time off, lose focus on objectives, morale dips, apathy sets in and sometimes they quit their jobs. They lose their ability to tap into creativity, intuition and to access the state of flow.
Read MoreYear after year, you set your goal whether it’s a business, professional or personal goal, the year ends, and you don’t achieve it. Only to start over again the next year.
It’s probably one of these reasons…
You don’t know exactly what you want, it’s all very vague in your head or You don’t believe you can achieve it
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