Trigger warning: This post is about sexism, as I have experienced it. This post is born from my strong frustration with the current conversation around sexual harassment, sexism and sexual violence. As well as the fact that sexism in all its forms is a topic I deal with regularly in my work as a business… Continue Reading Let’s talk about sexism

Wondering why it might be worth showing your authentic self as a leader? Does it even pay? Or are you better off donning that ‘mental suit’ I was recommended wearing as a leader in the early 2000’s? (Please don’t.) Needless to say, but worth stating anyway: I did not wear that imaginary suit. My teams… Continue Reading Why authentic leadership pays off

As a business coach and trainer I have had some let say ‘interesting’ responses to mentioning servant leadership. Most of them center around a general misunderstanding of what servant leadership is. One such reaction even included a marked look of distaste and the comment “I thought we had moved on from the serving butler leader… Continue Reading What is servant [...]

Coaching has become a mainstay in the world of professional personal development. While 20 years ago it may have been considered something leaders were “involuntarily subjected” to if they had been perceived to fail, it has moved on to being an integral part of further development, for individuals in leadership positions and beyond. Having been… Continue Reading [...]

The levels of people struggling with their mental health are increasing, crisis follows on top of crisis, the effects of the COVID pandemic linger still … It is becoming increasingly clear that ignoring people’s struggles, mislabeling them as something else or reacting to these developments rashly are some leader’s out-of-date ways of inadequately handling today’s…