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I can no longer keep them separate. For me, conversations about leadership cannot go beyond what I already know without reminding myself that all meaning is context dependent. Change the context and the meaning changes all by itself. Our existing notions of and explorations of ‘leadership’ all occur in a context set decades ago and is no longer questioned. ... Continue Reading >>

I had an amazing conversation today with a friend/colleague from another city. He’s in an MBA program and is exploring leadership and – lucky me! – I got to be on his short list of people to talk with about notions of leadership. During the hour or so that we spent in conversation, there were all kinds of notions that just popped into my awareness as we ... Continue Reading >>

The IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) has tabled its findings. According to CNN:“The debate on global warming is over. That's the ultimate message from the report released in Paris today by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the U.N. body of leading researchers charged with analyzing climate science and producing the final ... Continue Reading >>

Can it be? The month of January is already gone! How did that happen….and where did it all go? Lately, it seems that I take a breath and when I exhale, I discover that a week has gone by. I am noticing acceleration in many ways and at many levels. As much as I experience today as a flat kind of day, these moments are not unfamiliar to me. Somewhere in ... Continue Reading >>

It would seem that Lori, Anne and I are in some kind of mutually-expanding dance, today. For me, it begins as believing in myself...my Self...no matter what, and leads to BEING MySelf no matter what. When I am clear that I AM, what is there to believe in? It boils down to one single expression: ENGAGEOver the years, I've discovered that it's easy for me to ... Continue Reading >>

Yesterday, I spent much of my day with a small group of women who are determined to live their own lives – fully and now! This second offering of the new half-day event that I’ve called ‘Women Awakening’ has already morphed into something very different from the December event; and from yesterday, I can feel the shifts already in flow for the next one. It ... Continue Reading >>

I’m in my car heading for the office when all of a sudden it occurs to me why so many women don’t live the lives they desire. They keep trying to do it alone. I’ve often said that women are culturally conditioned to be the caretakers of the relationships while men are culturally conditioned to be the caretakers of the tasks. Women take care of people – men ... Continue Reading >>