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The Detrimental Impact of Weekend Work on Executive Performance
"Hello, it's me. Your Executive Coach. Please stop working during the weekends." In today's hustle culture and fast-paced corporate environment, the pressure on executives and leaders to excel is ever-present. However, there's a persistent misconception that working...
Cultivating Deep Self-Care for Busy Leaders and Executives
As busy leaders, the demands of our professional lives often take precedence, leaving little time for self-care. However, prioritizing our well-being is essential to avoid burnout and achieve sustainable success. The typical reactive self-care suggestions (take a long...
Embracing the Power of Doing Nothing: A Path to Enhanced Productivity and Well-being for Busy Executives
Busy executives and leaders constantly strive for enhanced productivity and greater success. We're always looking for more ways to get more done in less time. However, the research is very clear: incorporating periods of doing nothing into your routine can have...
Creating Calm and Peace in a Busy Executive Life: Research-Backed Strategies
Life as an executive can be filled with demanding schedules, high-stakes decision-making, and relentless pressure to perform. My own executive coaching clients talk about the pressures all the time, and I experience the sam thing myself. In such a fast-paced and...
The Importance (and How To) of Stress Management for Busy Executives
Being a busy executive comes with a significant share of challenges and responsibilities. One piece of the executive puzzle that often gets overlooked is stress management. In this article, I'll explore why managing stress is crucial for busy executives, as well as...
Understanding and Addressing Burnout in Executive Women
Burnout is a pressing issue in today's fast-paced, demanding work environments, affecting professionals across various industries. Executive women, in particular, face unique challenges that can contribute to burnout. Right this minute, I have at least three executive...
Cultivating Calm: Managing Stress for Optimal Brain Health
These days, stress is a constant companion for executives and leaders. The problem is that chronic, lasting stress can take a toll on our brain health, affecting our cognitive abilities, productivity, emotional well-being, and overall quality of life. By prioritizing...
Maximizing Productivity: Overcoming the Meeting Overload Challenge
Since the Pandemic, we've seen a huge increase in the number of meetings people are attending. Some research has clocked the increase at a staggering 50% increase since the Pandemic and the number is rising. It's certainly not a surprise that there are more virtual...
The Importance of Prioritizing Brain Health: A Personal Journey
Last fall, I received news that impacted me deeply- my father had been diagnosed with dementia. This heartbreaking revelation prompted me to embark on a quest to understand brain health, both for his sake and my own. What I discovered was eye-opening: the significance...
Artful Self-Promotion
For every new thing you take on, there's a set of skills that will help you master that new thing. When you start anything new, you might not do so well at first. That's probably because you haven't mastered the skills required for what you're trying to do....
The Cost of Perfectionism
One of the challenges many leaders face is perfectionism, the need to attain flawless results and perform to exceptionally high standards to feel safe and worthwhile as a person. "What's wrong with having high standards?" I'm often asked this question by my...
Assessments…Framework of Coaching
Every week, people ask me about my coaching process. No matter who you are, every engagement with me begins with an assessment...or two or three. Sometimes it's a 360-degree assessment, drawing on data from bosses, peers, and direct reports. Sometimes it's a...
