coaching for personal and organizational excellence

EQ | IQ

Emotional Intelligence is a necessary competency for leadership

curiosity

Curiosity is an antidote to narrow-mindedness, over-confidence, and uninformed judgment. Good questions, asked with an intention of interest and learning, are the best tool to use to broaden your awareness and deepen connection with others. As a coach, we aim to start most of questions with How or What. Why not Why? Do you recall the […]Read Post ›

the ingredients of a successful team

We’ve all been in one – a team that’s not really a team. A team is made up of individuals, all of whom have their own agendas, wants & needs. Getting on the same page and moving in the same direction takes some effort. Hopefully we’ve also had the experience of being on a team […]Read Post ›

Listen, See, Speak

tolerance | compassion | love

Creating New Habits

What is a habit? Dr. Wendy Wood, author of Good Habits, Bad Habits, quotes 19th century psychologist William James – that habits occur “without any consciously formed purpose or anticipation of result.” We just do it automatically – we don’t plan it or think about it. It may come as a surprise to us – […]Read Post ›

Self-awareness: Ingredient of Great Humanhood

(re)Write Your Story

Wishing you a Joyous Easter, a Blessed Ramadan and a Happy Passover! The Spring season is one of renewal, rebirth, and blossoming. It’s such a relevant time to tell the story I wanted to share. I had the opportunity to get to know someone recently and the conversations we had were inspiring and thought-provoking. My new […]Read Post ›

your future illustrated: create your vision board

Join me on February 11th for a fun, no-pressure workshop to design your future by creating your own Vision Board! Got dreams? Want to see them come true? One critical step in making it happen, is identifying and visualizing what you want. When we visualize it, we can help ourselves see it, create momentum for […]Read Post ›

is it safe to speak up?

Create psychologically safe spaces for your team.

build up your trust bank

So, why is deep trust so important in a team and critical to getting results? Trust is a key part of our social contract with one another. It makes our interactions go more quickly and smoothly. When we trust, we don’t have to question the other’s intent, or deal with fine print. Based on Stephen […]Read Post ›

Fearless Questions

I’d love to share a powerful technique I learned recently, listening to two incredible authors/researchers on innovation & leadership – Hal Gregersen (MIT) and Amy Edmonson (Harvard). Their talk was titled “Building Fearless Organizations by Asking Better Questions.” Fearless – like courageous. Asking Better Questions – like being curious. They said that by creating a culture in your organization […]Read Post ›