Girls should be seen and not heard? You’ve got to be kidding. Such a sentiment today seems ludicrous but as you will see in Darlene’s story, in 1950 it was a real belief system with insidious and strangling tentacles. Darlene was always excited when her Aunt Betty was coming for a visit. Aunt Betty was her favourite aunt who played games with Darlene and her siblings,…
I have found myself drawn to watching the American political conventions with curiosity and fascination. Normally I would have flipped past the channel but now I find myself listening intently to the messages behind the words. As a Leadership Coach, who believes passionately in the importance of leadership reflection, personal development and a Learner mindset, I cannot help but observe the diametrically opposed underlying mindsets of…
Re-Framing the Heart of Feedback Can you think of a time when your self-esteem smarted from negative feedback or maybe from well-intentioned but hurtful feedback? Given an option, most of us would likely skip the experience altogether. As a leader, we sometimes put off giving feedback, for fear of doing it wrong. The result often means no feedback at all, and in the pain-filled words of…
In this series of postings, the Coaching Lens team would like to share some learning gained in our lifelong journey as coaches. Life lessons are best heard when told as stories and we hope you'll enjoy both the tales that we tell and what we can unpack from them. Seeing the world through a "coaching lens" helps raise our awareness of who we are and who we…