When was the last time you noticed your shadow? When was the last time you truly observed the darkness your body cast upon a surface? And what might this shadow have to do with leadership?

Have you been having bandwidth issues, at work or at home? NO, I do not mean computer network bandwidth. I mean LIFE bandwidth.

Consider this … you are about to get on a train in Europe and just as you step over the platform and onto the train car you hear a voice declare “MIND THE GAP”.

Have you ever seen "Back to the Future"? If not, I highly recommend it - not only is it a classic, it is one of my all time most favorite movies. I want to take you on a ride with me, back in time … “Roads? Where we're going we don't need roads …”

Lets question each of these three status: 1. What if READY has nothing to do with your feelings? 2. What if SET is all in your head? 3. What if “GO” really is an opportunity to SLOW DOWN? How could slowing down, to gear-up change your results as a leader?

For those of you who have seen the Disney movie Frozen, we’ve been feeling a lot like princess Anna over here lately, dancing around the house singing the lyrics to “For the First time in Forever”. We have been in creation mode at the Alchemy Group, brewing up something brand-new, something elite, something tailor-made for YOU.

After 25 years of leading leadership trainings exclusively in corporate settings, the Alchemy Group is opening its doors for YOU. For the first time ever, individual leaders can enroll in The Leadership Experience - a 4-month* leadership journey to create an inspiring purposeful life. (*3 days of on-site LIVE learning, and 3 months of 1:1 coaching)

Did you ever think to slow down and celebrate a random milestone? Oftentimes we get stuck on hitting the 1st, the 10th, the 50th milestone, both in our personal and professional lives, and miss all the milestones that occurred in between!

It was one year ago today that a storm hit Connecticut and uprooted HUGE trees along my favorite walking path. Given how inspired I was by the root systems that had been exposed, I decided to revisit the "scene" of the extraordinary.

With the 2020 Olympic Games on the horizon, I've recently been inspired by remarkable Olympians of our past.

One of my most favorite stories to share about my family is about my grandmother. As a young woman, Hilda Sail escaped Nazi Germany with her family in 1938, just nine days before Kristallnacht - "the night of broken glass" - a night that marked a dark turning point for German Jews.

This week I want to take a closer look at stress & overwhelm - I've been hearing these words a lot lately in my coaching calls with clients, and even experiencing this inside of myself.

At the Alchemy Group the members of our team have an agreement - no matter how “crowded” our schedules get, we will all continually find ways to invest in and inspire ourselves.

Last week, Allie and I did something extraordinary.

Since we began this global Pandemic journey, I've had a specific story running in my head that I was unwilling to let go of - until last week.

Three weeks ago I was 45 minutes into a coaching call with a coaching client - we were exploring how often she was making a co-workers' reactions or emotional responses WRONG, simply because they are not reacting in the same way she would react.

For many of us, we are now upon the "one year mark" of the Pandemic. If any of you are like me, I never imagined we'd be here today still facing into the same realities.

Following-up on last week's Alchemy Advantage and just as promised, I am coming to you with PART TWO of my figurative and literal exploration into what "on the court" leadership looks like.

For any of our readers that have participated in an Alchemy session, I am almost certain you've heard Allie or I say "Leadership lives on the court" OR "Leadership is an on the court practice."

Over Thanksgiving last year I began deeply contemplating the concept of "gratitude". It seemed like a good idea given all of this political and pandemic-driven "unrest" our country has been facing.

Here we are three weeks into 2021 - yes, we are officially in a NEW calendar year - and yet for many of us it feels like the same medical, political and social storm of 2020. Personally, I got "hit" with a wave of this storm last week.
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