Coaching for nonprofit and government leaders and teams
One of my two year-old son’s new words is "why?" While it can be trying at times as a parent to respond to his many questions, his curiosity about his world help me look at things in a new way. Why is it time for dinner? Why do we put money in the bank?
As Big Bird of Sesame Street says, asking questions is a good way of finding things out.
As the closing weeks of summer and summer vacations are upon us: As part of the introduction to her recent collection of delightful essays, My Kind of Place: Travel Stories from a Woman Who’s Been Everywhere, Susan Orlean (author of The Orchid Thief, staff writer at The New Yorker) confesses that despite many years of […]
So often in our quest to create meaningful change, it’s easy to forget about the contribution of the seemingly simpler aspects of our work, like how our daily actions and presence in the world contributes to the change itself. A number of years ago, I helped develop a series of trainings on being an ambassador […]
Before specializing as a professional coach in 2004, I spent more than a decade in leadership, management and program development for state and local government and non-profit organizations. Now I get to help leaders and teams have more clarity and ability to stand up for what's important in their work and in their organizations. Working with me, leaders and teams find more meaning and purpose, feel happier and more confident, navigate change and conflict, and work together better.
