How to Thrive Through Personal Change
Change tests who we are. When life shifts under my feet, I try to remember that growth does not start with a plan. It starts with a pause. In my Humanistic Leadership Model (HLM), thriving through personal change begins with self-awareness. I ask: What am I feeling?...
Inclusion and Appreciation: Two Keys to a Calmer World
When I teach diversity, two words guide my approach: inclusion and appreciation. Too often, conversations about diversity focus only on what separates us. But what I’ve found—both in my own life and in my work with leaders around the world—is that lasting impact comes...
Why the Traditional Performance Review Has Outgrown Its Usefulness
After more than two decades in leadership, teaching, and coaching, I’ve seen one workplace tradition stubbornly refuse to evolve—the annual performance review. I’ve sat through them as an employee, delivered them as a manager, and heard countless stories from...
The Ten P Model Squared™: A Self-Awareness Mirror for Humanistic Leaders
Over the past two decades, I’ve coached and taught leaders across industries, continents, and career stages. Some were guiding large organizations through complexity. Others were just stepping into their first formal leadership role. But regardless of experience, the...
Humanistic Leadership in Action: A Mid-Year Reflection
Are You Leading from the Inside Out? As we approach the halfway mark of the year, I’ve been thinking deeply about what it means to lead—not just in title or role, but in spirit. Leadership, as I see it, isn’t about controlling outcomes or commanding others. It’s about...
Leading with Humanity
You Don’t Need a Crisis to Begin Again I recently had a conversation with a former client—a successful stockbroker in his late 40s. He told me, “My dad always said I’d be crazy to leave this job. I’d be set for life.” He followed that advice for decades. But when we...
Seize the day
Many of us waste time, progressing slowly toward what we want most. Instead, we should seize the day. That is, learn to make the most of every moment. I start the day by answering self-reflective questions that inspire me and enable action for a new day. Every new day...
The importance of honest communication at work
One aim of humanistic leadership is to enable people and the organizations they support to grow, develop, and be sustainable over the long run. This growth can occur when there is honest communication at work. Honest communication means people are not afraid to state...