Thinking About Leadership

I was thrilled to be invited to be a guest lecturer at an east coast American University to deliver a "Fundamentals of Leadership" course in February.   As I reflected on what message to deliver, I decided to merge some of my thoughts…

What Now? Series #3 | Your Inner Compass: Core Values for Life & Career Transitions

The quiet force shaping your next chapter Navigating Uncertainty Imagine navigating at sea with no compass and no shore in sight. You might move constantly and still drift. What changes everything is a compass that helps you set direction,…

What Now? Series #2 | Winds of Change

"The Neutral Zone is not merely a time of waiting. It is a time of reorientation and redefinition." William Bridges Change usually arrives loudly. A new role. A restructure. A sudden loss or separation. But what most people struggle with…
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What Now? Series #1 | Seasons of Change – Poll Results

  "What we call the beginning is often the end And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from." - T.S. Eliot These words hit differently when I saw the results of the Seasons of Life poll. Thank…
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What Now? Series #1 | Seasons of Change

The first week of January is loud. Set goals. Make resolutions. New year, new you. But every meaningful change actually starts with a quieter question: Where am I now? Before chasing new goals or redesigning your future, I always…

Before the New Year Asks for Change, Pause Here

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Recipe for Career Success – The Top 15 ingredients

As the graduation season began across the world, I was asked to leave a comment on a post on LinkedIn. What advice that I would give to the Class of 2022? From a perspective of an executive coach who has been a Global HR Leader in Fortune 100…
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Top 150 Women

March 8 - A day to remember and thank all the incredible women I met throughout my life Early Life Starting with my childhood, I grew up in a family full of strong women. A great example was my mother, who started her own business at 40.…

Happy New Year

"Every new year is like a sunrise.   A new day. A new opportunity. A new light. It is like we reset the previous year and set new goals new hopes. So we have new wishes for ourselves and our loved ones." – Yaprak Sapanli Gorur.   This…

Change it, Accept it, or Leave it.

I was reading the tweet from Eckhart Tolle: "Wherever you are, be there totally. If you find your here and now intolerable and it makes you unhappy, you have three options: remove yourself from the situation, change it, or accept it." This…