Am I crazy? I lead with this question often when I am contemplating a new idea. My husband replies with “Yes, but not about this.” It’s sweet and grounding. He knows I have that founder, entrepreneurial attitude. I chase squirrels. But he believes in what I’m doing, mostly.   I know that many people do not have that person in their life. A recent coaching client of mine told me she didn’t feel like she had anyone to pop the good champagne with when things went well. I complet

Some teams really nail the strategic planning = results thing. They really do. These teams are laser focused on what matters. They usually have years of experience doing the work of planning and they don’t get distracted. But most teams aren’t quite that effective. Most teams (still good, just not great) achieve some version of the most important goal for the year and justify pushing or completely cancelling the remaining 60% of the goals. The executive leadership teams that

Every CEO/Founder has one. A leader who should be showing up more reliably but somehow does not. Someone smart, loyal, and capable who still sends decisions back to you and can’t quite seem to lock in.  Someone who knows the business but keeps hesitating when the stakes rise. They tell you they are fine. They tell you they have it under control. They nod in meetings, repeat the priorities, write down the action items, and walk out with the same uncertainty they walked in with

Yesterday morning I walked into the kitchen and found my teenage son standing in front of the open fridge staring at a single breakfast burrito, as if it had wronged him personally. He did not move. He did not speak. He just stood there, blinking at it. I asked him what he was doing.He said, “Thinking about my life.” The breakfast burrito was not involved in that reflection, but it was clearly the staging area. A few minutes later, he announced that he was “not in the mood fo