You don’t have to agree to belong. Some of the most courageous contributions you can make at work (or at home) come not from nodding along, but from speaking up. This isn’t about criticizing; it’s about constructive dissent. According to author and university lecturer Jenara Nerenberg, the key to being a better dissenter isn’t just
Leadership coaching is a lot like joining a gym: Just paying for it doesn’t make you stronger—but wouldn’t that be nice? Coaching is a powerful investment of time, money, and energy. And the best way to maximize that investment is to show up ready to engage and do the work. But if you’re new to
Humorist Dave Barry once remarked, “If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be meetings.” Most people have experienced team meetings where nobody seems to be on the same page. With executives admitting 71 percent of
"Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes." - Oscar Wilde (who clearly made enough mistakes to know what he was talking about) Let me tell you about my recent Zoom fail. There I was, delivering what I thought was a brilliant workshop on executive presence, when a participant kindly messaged me: "Deb, we
