Can you tell I have been busy? When there is a long gap between blog posts, it’s a sign of busy times. Not only have I been working with organizations that are investing in new manager leadership training and coaching, I have also had additional invitations to speak at conferences. Most recently I was invited to speak at an international women’s leadership conference in Singapore. It was a wonderful experience – sharing and exchanging ideas and perspectives with thought leaders from around the world. Exciting! Inspiring!
In the next few blog posts I will share some key points of my thinking based on my talk in Singapore. Here is the first installation.
Friendship-Making Leads to Trust
Most of us have a best friend. Even Oprah has Gail. Heidi is my best girl friend. I learned to trust her so much through the years we worked together and became such fast friends that I often told her that if I ever divorced, I’d move in with her because I so trust her. There is hardly anything we have not shared Continue reading What Friendship-Making Teaches New Managers About Leadership
A client, let’s call her “Liz” to protect her identity, recently fired her doctor because of the doctor’s mindset. Liz has a cancerous tumor pressing on her brain. The doctor, one of the most credentialed in cancer research, kept telling Liz that she will most likely need to use the strongest possible radiation to kill the cancer in her head after they have removed the tumor. She said Liz will most likely lose her eye sight and other functions. When Liz burst into tears at the news, the doctor simply repeated “the facts”. She said the cancer is so difficult to treat that it is best for them to prepare for the worst. Liz is already a cancer survivor of a different type of cancer and would not accept that. She knows what a positive attitude can do.
This is just as true for business leaders as it is for politicians. Because it is such an essential ingredient, one of the first topics I bring up in my 
