Self-Awareness for Leaders: How to Use DISC to Guide Your Leadership

Self-awareness for leaders is a superpower. One way to jumpstart your awareness journey is to start with a reputation-based behavioral assessment tool like DISC.  DISC – a model designed to help you understand and expand your own behavioral preferences and those of others. Successful leaders frameworks like DISC to get a sense of their people’s … Continued

Choose Kindness: The Secret Superpower to Becoming a Great Leader

Deep down, is everybody a good human being wanting to choose kindness? That guy who cut you off on your way to work, are they also a good person? That team member that is not performing as expected, are they a good person?  There’s a motto I remind myself of very frequently… Choose kindness; this … Continued

Honing In Your Leadership Qualities Through Habits, Empathy & Self Care

Gaining the competencies and skills that make for great leadership qualities is achievable by all people. No matter where you are on your development journey, skills needed to do the job well can be learned, measured and honed.  I loved chatting with John Rouda of the Geek Leader Podcast as we talk about how to … Continued

Why Leaders Working in Startups Must Create Time For Self-Care

Every day, hundreds of startups are launched worldwide.  But just as quickly as these startups are launched, countless others die.  Why?  Leadership.  You see, great founders do not necessarily make great leaders. And where most of these leaders go wrong is their tendency to focus on business outcomes without also focusing on leadership skills that … Continued

The #1 Reason Why Kindness Is A Good Leadership Quality

What is leadership kindness, and why should you care?  Well, as a leader, most things start with you. To lead a productive team, you have to be productive yourself. The same is true for kindness. It’s a good leadership quality to have – if not critical!  But here’s where it gets interesting. Being a kind … Continued

Startup Leadership For Success (For YOU and Your Team)

Your plate is sooo full working on your startup, but are you putting your head down at the detriment of your team (and products and services that you deliver)? Maybe you want to create leadership for success, but aren’t sure how. What if your passion, drive and vision is not matched by your team and … Continued

All About The Disc Assessment | Executive Coaching Seattle

Hi! Welcome. (Or, if you’ve been here before, welcome back!) If you’ve landed on this post, you’re probably curious about DISC. Maybe you’ve heard of the assessment tool and want more information. Or, it’s completely new to you. Regardless of how familiar you are, let’s take a look at what a DISC assessment is and … Continued

5 Books That Shape My Coaching Practice | Business Leadership Coach

I am at my best when I am learning, when I invest in personal growth. Every opportunity to digest a fresh perspective provides a chance to bring something new into my business coaching practice, some additional knowledge or tips that help me in my journey toward improved mastery and maturity that I can then share … Continued

Self-Awareness for Leaders: How to Use DISC to Guide Your Leadership 14 Mar 2023 Choose Kindness: The Secret Superpower to Becoming a Great Leader 6 Mar 2023 Honing In Your Leadership Qualities Through Habits, Empathy & Self Care 20 Feb 2023