As the adage goes, without knowing where we’re going it’s pretty hard to get there because lots of roads look good. Similarly, without specific input about how others perceive us, it’s tough to do the hard work of fine-tuning our executive presence and managing our reputation. At the beginning of a coaching engagement with a...Read More

In Associations Now‘s recent leadership blog “Leaning In Is Just the Beginning,“ Contributing Editor Mark Athitakis looks at how women in associations are stepping up and speaking out.   The reality is women need to speak out a lot more! Women comprise roughly 75% of the association and nonprofit workforce, but hold only 45% of the...Read More

Difficult conversations are just that – difficult.  Lots of us go out of our way to avoid them, but it usually comes at a cost.  At work it may mean we don’t ask for what we want; we avoid having those hard conversations around accountability with our colleagues; or we don’t provide our direct reports...Read More