For leaders who want to step into a coaching role — The primary aim of a coaching conversation is to develop awareness in others so that they can take effective action, reflect, and learn in service of a desired future. This is the work of transformative change. The challenge for leaders when stepping into a coaching role is that the ordinary…

Getting started with the Coaching Leadership Style — There are a lot of great books out there for leaders interested in adding coaching skills to their leadership practice. …

A high level overview of the Coaching Leadership Style — The Coaching Leadership Style (CLS) is an approach to leadership that focuses on two tracks: development of self and development of others. By utilizing essential coaching skills and methodologies, work becomes a place for deep transformation, learning, and realizing potential. What are Leadership Styles? Leadership Styles are a set of core characteristics that describe…

On the impact of effective coaching conversations at work — For a long time the maxim “don’t bring me problems, bring me solutions,” ruled the world of organizational leadership. While a quick search for the phrase reveals it has fallen out of favor in most management circles, within organizations the ethos seems alive and well. To a degree this makes…

A story of coming home. — When I was in elementary school we lived on a dirt road in a small, wooded neighborhood. The houses were somewhat far apart, walkable but not dense enough to fill a pillowcase full of candy on Halloween. …

Building a full relationship with the world and with ourselves through centering. — In life we all face bumpy moments, periods of turbulence and uncertainty, times of just not wanting things to be the way they are. The scenarios are vast: receiving feedback that is hard to hear, dealing with a difficult colleague, not getting funding, getting laid off, having our hearts broken…

Guided reflections across a transitional threshold. — We live our lives within the rhythms and cycles of the physical world. Our calendars commemorate this by marking each full rotation of the earth as a day, the total cycle of the moon around the earth as a month, and the complete trip of the earth around the sun…

On working with change as an expression of your full aliveness. — The pace of change today — technological, societal, environmental, geopolitical — is increasing at such a rapid rate that it can be destabilizing to our individual identities. Those of us caught up in the expansive reach of free-market capitalism have cultivated a sense of urgency, entrepreneurialism, and problem-solving when it…

An even deeper dive into the Four Orders through the lens of history, and an attempt to complete the matrix. — Note: This was originally shared in my Revue newsletter, “Explorations in Design.” With Twitter sunsetting the app I needed a home for some writings, so I’m putting them on Medium for now. In my last post I talked about the Doctrine of Placements, aka The Four Orders of Design, and…