Designing Clarity for Visionary Leadership & Livable Success
The BOLD (Nurture Happiness) Your feeds are full of New Year’s energy, I’m sure. “Jump on this one moment, the only one in which new starts are possible, and make massive plans to conquer space and time itself.” No pressure. My feed is bubbling with the stuff. I love this time of the year. I …
The BOLD (Take a Mulligan) At first, I thought it was just me. Then I had some conversations—with clients, with colleagues, with friends—and apparently many of us have had a very sticky first 12 days of 2021. The good news is that new start can have a new start. We can still rock 2021. Even if …
The BOLD (Well Done) I have had several conversations recently with high-performing, wildly successful clients that revealed an insidious shadow side of success. The drive to do good work, to make and impact and to create a legacy sometimes drives us past the point where celebration is warranted. My grandmother believed that if you praise children, …
The BOLD (Don’t You Just Love a Good Cycle?) Do you every have a theme emerge in your life? You know, that offhand comment someone makes connects to the book you are reading and the article you saw online. And then two more people include it in conversations with you. This happened to me over the last two …
The BOLD (And the Winner Is) I just finished my quarterly planning retreat. I set aside three days each quarter in order to review, envision and prep the path for my success for the next three months. I used to do annual planning only, but this 12-week focus allows me to reset and realign before I get …
The BOLD (Take a Moment to Energize a Season) I wish you all the best of this season of deep winter, wooly blankets, blessed stillness, anticipation, gratitude, and warmth. However you choose to celebrate, whatever your observance, I wish you the best of the holidays. Now, on to the celebration of New Year’s Day. It’s time to …
The BOLD (Set Goals That Allow for the Unknown) Often, we find that our goals shatter and disappear when the unforeseen resistance or challenge arises. We set out with good intentions but we may be setting ourselves up for failure. It is possible to set goals that are more inquiry than marching orders. It is …
The BOLD (In 1943, There Were No Priorities) We’ve only been speaking about the word priority as plural since 1944. Of course, the word priorities existed before that date, but no one used it. Not really. How can we set our priority for each level of our planning in a way that builds on and …
The BOLD (Appy Hour at The Broad) This is the transcript of a presentation that was delivered at Appy Hour at The Broad, a delightful co-working and social space in Richmond, Virginia. At this event, the panelists were asked to present an app or process that has helped them with productivity and effectiveness. I chose …
