Alone, but Never Alone
When my kids were infants, I remember rocking them back to sleep in the middle of the night, looking out of our living room windows across a canyon. Seeing the lights in the other hillside houses...
View ArticleThe true goal of leadership and parenting
My husband and I have had a few practice runs at empty-nesting. Stretches in the summer when our kids visited my family on the East Coast, and my husband and I stayed in California for our jobs. While...
View ArticleYour Throw Sucks
This past weekend, a friend posted the following on her Facebook page: Our house backs up to a baseball field. Today has seen a progression of dads with their sons practicing for baseball season. In...
View ArticleA mantra for leadership
Watching Anne-Marie Slaughter’s TEDGlobal 2013 talk Can we all “have it all”?, I was impressed with her mantra on leading people with families: As a leader and as a manager, I have always acted on the...
View ArticleThe six-word phrase that matters most
Did you know there is a parenting phrase that brings student athletes happiness, confidence, and a sense of fulfillment? It’s just six words: “I love to watch you play.” Years ago, I first came across...
View ArticleThe Best Quotes for Leadership AND Parenting
I love collecting leadership quotes that apply to parenting, and parenting quotes that apply to leadership. Here are some of my favorites, both in their original form and after I edited them ever so...
View ArticlePiercing Through
I’ve had many requests to write about bullying on my blog about the intersection of leadership and parenting. It’s a difficult, complicated topic. In today’s post, I explore applying advice for...
View ArticleWhose Gifts Are Going Unnoticed?
I’ve had many requests to write about bullying on my blog about the intersection of leadership and parenting. It’s a complicated, important topic. Previously, I wrote about how advice from a teenage...
View ArticleMy Collection Grows
My collection of parenting quotes that apply to leadership is growing! Here are some recent additions. Parenting quotes …edited for leadership “There are two lasting bequests we can give our children....
View ArticleDon’t Try This At Home
Have you heard of Holacracy? It’s a business structure that’s pretty much the opposite of corporate America. Instead of having a top-down, hierarchical management structure, with managers who oversee...
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