
Service + Leadership
Most leaders feel called to leadership because they want to serve. And there are two warped ideas about what service means that I have seen adopted, then weaponized against leaders themselves, the teams they work with, a

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All things team culture, leadership, AND leader mental health. Leading your time, goals, team, and company are important. Your engagement, joy, balance, and badassery are even more important. We go deep into all of it on Joyful Leader.
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Most leaders feel called to leadership because they want to serve. And there are two warped ideas about what service means that I have seen adopted, then weaponized against leaders themselves, the teams they work with, a

Last week, we talked about bringing purpose to our roles as leaders, and today, we’re diving into one specific aspect of purpose: significance. We’re going to break down two types of significance — the significance of ea

Humans love purpose. We crave it. We want a connection to meaning in our lives and in our work. Having purpose makes us go farther by lightening our steps on the journey — this is true of individuals and of teams. And le

On Mike Birbiglia’s podcast, he regularly asks guests to share the best piece of advice they’ve received that they actually used. Every time I hear him ask, I think of today’s podcast topic: people support the things the

Do you know what obstacle many people find when attempting to transform their work lives? Not wanting to be weird. It sounds funny, but it’s true. Claiming the work lives we want sometimes means doing things differently

Overdoing. It doesn’t matter what. Work. Netflix. Pinot. If you are taking an action over and over again that has a negative effect on your life, here’s what’s important to know: all overdoing is a pattern of avoidance +

Most of us have experienced a “busy season” — either because our work flows in seasons, or because of project crunch time, or for some other “work is going to get wild for the next few weeks” reason. The thing about busy

If you added up every incoming request, data point, question, and flashing blip that enters your brain daily, the number would be enormous. Many of us walk around carrying these things as psychic weight, feeling pressure

One of the things my clients and I find when coaching about working less is a subconscious belief that if they work less, they will somehow be worse at their jobs — their brains have linked the quantity of their hours to

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Do you know your own truth? About your relationship with your job, for example? Or to specific family members? Do you know the truth of what you want in your life, and what you don’t? I’ve spoken to so many incredible pe

There's a trait that's common amongst good leaders: future orientation and forward momentum. These two things, when combined, create a sense of energy, agency, and self-esteem within leaders themselves and within the tea

There's a model that I bet you've seen many places. In relationships — whether those relationships are romantic, friendships, or employment-related — we have needs, and it’s the responsibility of other people to meet the

We all face challenges in our work and lives, and we all make mistakes and find ourselves in uncharted territories — situations that we’ve never encountered before, and so need to learn to navigate. How well we navigate

Today, we’re talking about another culture eroder: the assumption of inclusion. Assuming inclusion is often innocent — it’s the assumption that if we haven’t heard that we’re being exclusive, we must be doing alright. An

We’ve been talking all about feedback — focused mostly on giving. Today, we’re turning around some of the tools we’ve discussed and applying them to receiving feedback. We’ll talk about how to identify the feedback you w

Good feedback is actionable. It allows the person hearing it to know exactly what to stop, start, or continue doing — immediately. And, the best feedback puts these things in the context of a larger goal or purpose. Toda

In our second feedback episode, we’re talking all about mindset. Last week we talked about the mindset challenge — what stops us from giving feedback enough to create a habit. And this week, we’re talking about the feedb

Your team’s results are created in your culture. » Your culture is built on trust. » Good feedback is essential for trust-building and growth. » Feedback is important. Today is the first of several episodes all about fee

Today’s podcast is a story. I’m sharing a beautiful metaphor created by a client many years ago in a moment of new understanding. It’s short, sweet, and a perfect reminder for everyone. Thanks for listening. Hungry for m
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