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I’ve been a licensed attorney for nearly 15 years. That means I’ve suffered through a *lot* of continuing legal education classes, or CLEs. Very few, I’m sad to say, are

I’ve been in public relations for a decade and in communications, both as a journalist and crisis adviser, for nearly twice that long. Inevitably when I’m at a cocktail party

Your culture is defined by the stories that are told and retold. A policy won’t change your culture. If you tell people they can take as much vacation as they

Before I got into PR, I did some freelance writing work for a well-known homebuying site. This was years ago, and I still get probably three to four pitches a

Toxic work environments are not exotic. They are in fact tragically common.  Bullies and narcissists abound and go unchecked all of the time. I’ve coached people for well over a

For over a decade I’ve had clients come to me about feedback that they’ve been given about executive presence. The feedback is rarely specific and often masks bias. Some examples: Your

Periodically I get calls about people wanting to purchase a coaching package for a spouse, sister, child, father or someone who is struggling. My first question is always the same:

It’s been a year since COVID-19 changed the way we move through the world. In addition to all of the personal changes, our business lives have been completely altered. There

We know a lot about storytelling and the brain and how story contributes to influence, and yet most leaders are tentative about sharing their most compelling stories or being vulnerable

All of us are making adjustments working from home. We’re trying to find our way by creating literal and figurative space to both work and live. It’s hard. Harder than

As a young lawyer, I routinely received feedback about what I later realized was executive presence. In my first law firm job, I was told I “seemed young” and would

Great leaders are great storytellers. Storytellers craft the narrative that shapes a culture. Storytellers remind us where we came from and where we’re going. While corporate storytelling belongs to every