This might seem to be a silly question. It’s something you did many years ago; perhaps you can barely remember. Where did you go? To work? To college? To an apartment? To a volunteer agency? Nearby? Or far away? Wherever you went, your family had an influence on this earliest process of becoming an adult. …
One of the greatest inspirations for the self-defined leadership work came from Bennis and Goldsmith in Learning to Lead: A Workbook on Becoming a Leader. This assertion compels us, as responsible leaders, to review and explore the impact of our family of origin. And then to “update” assumptions, rules and roles as we would modify …
I was lucky to be “just like” my grandmother. Now, many of us don’t think of grandmothers as role models for leadership. They bake cookies and take us to the zoo. But my grandmother was a family legend. She could play a concerto on the piano after the concert – without music. She took two …
You’ve worked for this promotion and recognition for quite some time. Now, you have been assigned to a leadership position. You feel you have what it takes to lead. And then…sometimes questions creep in. Do you feel like an imposter? Pretending to be a grownup? Struggle with managing up? Face challenges managing down? How do …