Not Simple

Cathy Carroll is the granddaughter of an entrepreneur who led a Fortune 500 company and the daughter of an entrepreneur. She led a turnaround of her father's manufacturing business and encountered the distinctions...

"Societal change requires movements and networks of organizations working together—but what if the way we work together could be even better? Could it lead to greater freedom for our leaders and more realistic...

"How do you experience rest while doing what you love? What if we could even experience a sense of relaxed focus while hosting a party for 20?" In our latest podcast episode, we dive deep into the art of grounded...

"So it's not that our brain constrains the activities we can engage in and the behaviors that we have. It's the other way around. The behaviors we engage in change the brain we have." Dr. Victoria Leavitt is an...

"In addition to it being small moves, I would say consistent moves. What are those consistent practices help that create the conditions for impact?" CL colleague Barry Bales thinks of leadership as an action rather than...

"It's like our mind wants to categorize things, and it's much easier to feel pity than trying to embrace the complexity that life goes on and you can live in the midst of war." Elena Tochilina is a Ukrainian coach and...

"I care about supporting people more as wayfinders and what it might take to ditch the maps and find your own way—and keep learning and growing." CL colleague Fred Jones is a lover and collector of questions that he...

"It matters how we feel because how we feel and how we're doing impocts everyone." TV has taught us that doctors are sexy, mysterious superheroes, but what is really happening at the other end of the stethoscope is more...

"There's a deep sense of letting go, of surrendering so they can open up into a new possibility for themselves, whether it's becoming a coach or becoming a senior leader or leading in a new way." We all know changing...

"Carolyn and I got excited about the question of how does your body know how to handle complexity in ways that are exciting and useful and even joyful—and how can you amplify that?" Wendy is back in the host's chair...

"What we're seeing as we start to humanise organizations is this acknowledgment that actually leadership exists within everyone." Leanne Holdsworth and Naryan Wong recently led their Cultivating Leadership colleagues in...

"I think we do ourselves such a disservice to not acknowledge that iterative process, to just pretend that it's yes/no, black/white. It's never been the world we live in, but it certainly isn't now." Jarel LaPan Hill...

"I spent two decades writing prescriptions… and it occurred to me that what determined somebody's health was really what they were doing between visits." Dr. Eileen O'Grady is a nurse practitioner, a wellness coach, and...

"We tend to think if we send teachers off to a two day workshop magically they'll come back to the classroom and be able to do something different that will impact the lives of children." Dr. Jennie Snyder, deputy...

"There is so much emergent change that's happening around us, so we need every piece of this human condition to be able to be okay and to thrive and to be resilient." Dr. Ciela Hartanov is the founder of humcollective...