THE BLOG

When someone steps into their first management role, I often see them fall into one of two mental traps:

"This will be easy!"

"This is way too hard!"

Two extremes.

Both wrong.

Both completely normal.

And both in serious need of support.

The first extreme: "This will be easy!"

What I'm sharing today applies to every tough situation we find ourselves in. It works like a charm especially with my target audience – new managers, emerging leaders.

In those difficult moments, we're often consumed by thoughts like:

"This is so hard!"

"Why me?"

"This is unfair!"

"Why can'...

"Do you have a coach yourself?"

A client—a new manager—asked me that recently.

And I loved that question.

Because I practice what I preach.

Over the last 20 years, I’ve had a number of coaches. Right now, I work with two:

• one helps me build my business,
• The other helps me grow as a coa...

W-hat?! 

Becoming a new manager is one of the most challenging and nerve-wracking moments in your career. You've worked hard to earn that leadership role, yet when you finally step into it, you might feel something you weren't expecting: imposter syndrome.

This thing tends to creep in quietly, ...