Category Archives: Leadership

The Power of Discernment

Broadview Coaching

I believe the more discerning we are, the more successful we feel—and become. It’s a radical belief, isn’t it? Most people want to be more discerning but don’t allow themselves to be. They fear it will have disastrous effects on their lives or businesses. Just the other day, I had a client facing this exact dilemma: a prospective project that was financially rewarding, but neither exciting nor personally fulfilling, at least as it was currently scoped and proposed. In this … Read more…

Celebrating Everyday Wins

Broadview Coaching

Many moons ago, I took a six-month program called The Beauty Way with the late, great Elaine Jaynes. It was based on a Native American body of work anchored in the Four Directions. In this tradition, each direction corresponds with a season: The East represents Spring—the dawning of the new. This is where birth, idea generation, and innovation live. The South represents Summer—a time of action and production. We make hay while the sun shines. The West represents Fall—a season … Read more…

If It Doesn’t Serve, It Doesn’t Serve

Broadview Coaching

Right out of college, I took a job at a major publishing house in the children’s book production department in lieu of another offer in an adult editorial department because of my love of children’s books and illustrations, and more importantly because it paid a whopping $1000 more a year, which in 1993 and in the world of publishing was a big deal! When I told my other potential boss about my decision, she warned me about my new boss’s … Read more…

Year End Reflection

Broadview Coaching

I am a big fan of reflection.  In our Western Culture, we have this tendency to move so fast that once we finish one thing, we are off to the next. I believe that slowing down helps us speed up. In the Navajo tradition, they align the Four Directions with the Seasons, with each one symbolizing it’s piece in the balance of life and nature. The East symbolizes Spring where the warming Earth generates new life. Where seeds sprout into … Read more…

Seek First To Understand, Then To Be Understood

Broadview Coaching

I am one of those people who is pretty decisive. I have strong intuition, which guides my decisions and helps me wrap my head around things with great certainty in a short amount of time. My husband refers to me as being “High Speed, Low Drag.” It is a great strength with an incredible Achilles heel. After all, I believe that intuition is always right, but my interpretation of it isn’t. In other words, when we get the niggle of … Read more…

The Power of Discernment

Broadview Coaching

I used to be the quintessential “yes” person.  I was always game whether I was asked to a party, to go for a walk, or take on a project. I was very much wired to say “yes” because deep down I believed this helped me belong in the world.  But I kept finding myself exhausted and feeling like I had to go to that party or on that walk because I had committed to it (and as a person of … Read more…