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As stress and burnout are becoming increasingly common, we need to establish another way of leading and living. My musing attempt to answer the following questions:

How can we still have high performance while maintaining our wellbeing and our relationships?
How can we show up as our best selves, both at home and at work?
How does showing up as our best self lead to high performance?

Let’s Elevate our Life and Leadership with more joy, confidence and balance!

How Coaching supports Leaders to Empower their Teams

Assuming then that our objective as leaders is to bring out the best in others and create self-managing and self-motivated teams who are working towards one vision and according to a set of common values, what leadership attributes and skills are needed, and how can…

From Indoctrination to Imagination - What is True and Beautiful?

Rethinking New Year's Resolutions: Start with Self-Awareness So often around New Year's we make resolutions to drink less, exercise more, increase our creativity, be a better parent/leader/colleague/partner, etc. But instead of jumping straight into new habits that have trouble sticking, I'd like to share with…

The 3C Approach to Authentic Leadership

The Story of Anna Meet Anna – on the surface, she seems to have mastered the art of navigating the complexities of her professional life with grace and determination. However, beneath her polished exterior lies a different narrative. Her days unfold as a whirlwind of…

I see you. I hear you. What is YOUR superpower?

Create a Timeline What brought me this insight was an interesting exercise that I recommend to everyone: create a timeline for yourself. You can divide the timeline into 5 different segments. For example, if you're 45 years old, you could take every 9 years. For…

The Restless Leadership Epidemic: Causes and Cures

The Scattering Phenomenon What drives this restless scattering? Sometimes we avoid important but difficult issues by preoccupying ourselves with smaller tasks. We often compare ourselves to others and feel pressure to match their activity. Leaders may also feel that they need to appear busy all…

Transitions as Gifts and Opportunities for Growth

Understanding our Coping Mechanisms / “Saboteurs” During transitions, especially stressful ones, our well-established coping mechanisms from childhood often resurface to provide a sense of safety and control. While this may initially seem helpful, we tend to overuse and abuse these mechanisms, inadvertently harming ourselves in…