Ever made a mistake and wish you could show up again the right way? How we APOLOGIZE and SHOW UP AGAIN says everything about us as people and leaders, especially if we are choosing to live into new values. Making mistakes are a normal part of life and leadership. How we respond to them can leave people feeling more safe, seen, and valued, or the exact opposite.

If you’re growing increasingly aware that you are less sure about the cultures around you then you once thought you were, you are not alone. One question that I see underlying a lot of public discussions lately is “Why Black Lives Matter? I thought we were all one race, the human race.” In a lot of ways, I know that this comes from a genuine place of wanting to love all people, as we believe we should. Here are a couple of reasons why this is actually offensive however, to all people.

Before you and your team go ahead and start to implement the changes you want to make to realize your envisioned future, there are a few things Cummings and Worley (2015) stress are important to keep in mind for successful culture changes.

how do you use your influence to help your team get excited about making necessary changes? Here are 10 steps you can take to implement culture change through honoring the past and leading into the future!

One of the biggest challenges in leadership is avoiding burnout. Which can be really challenging when your list of responsibilities keeps increasing, the demands on you seem endless, and you frequently get asked to do and be part of more. And when you have a passion for people and enjoy seeing others happy, this can manifest into people-pleasing and having a really hard time telling people no. After all, we genuinely want to help people! The challenge is that the demands on us and the requests of us are going never going to stop. Let’s face it, people think you’re valuable and want you to be a part of what they’re doing! But if you continue to say “yes” to everything, burnout is inevitable. But it doesn’t have to be.