There are many variations on the theme of this saying (I also like: when you climb the wall, throw the rope back) that speak to using our own success and good fortune to help others. You’ve worked hard to get where you are and now it’s time to elevate (pun intended!) your own goals by helping others because great leaders create leaders. […]
Ten years into my career with oilfield services giant Schlumberger, I had a series of pivotal moments that were to change my life. One of these moments was a trip to the continent of Africa that completely changed the way I viewed myself, my responsibilities, and my capabilities. Combined with other significant events in my life in 2005 – including achieving my PMP certification and the confidence that came with the credential – it was clear I had found my [...]
This month I’m celebrating 15 years of 2Hill Consulting – a business I created in a time of great personal change and as a result of connecting with my true purpose and passion for helping others to lead sustainable and impactful change in both business and life. […]
The impacts of crises are never gender-neutral, and COVID-19 is no exception – that’s the bleak assertion of UN Women (the United Nations entity charged with championing gender equality). For countless women in economies of every size, along with losing income, the unpaid care and domestic work burden has exploded. In January of this year, 275,000 women left the U.S workforce (compared with 70,000 men). […]
I am often asked by clients – leaders and executives – what their advocacy should look like. They want to know what it will look like for them to be a champion. The answer is… another question. What does it look like for you to be you? […]
Several times in my life my resilience has been called on, but I don’t think there has ever been such a sustained period during which I’ve been tested. […]
Not all heroes and sheroes fly, most simply provide mentorship to those around them. This benefit to humanity doesn’t sound like a superpower but, to those who are being mentored, it is the equivalent of an out-of-this-world force, empowering them to excel even through challenges. […]
We show up to work as our 'whole selves' and, in many ways, this is a good thing. Authenticity is important to well-being and pretending to be someone you’re not is an emotional drain. But with that also comes the challenge of respecting - and actively seeking out - those who are different from us. This is what it means to practice inclusive leadership - creating a space where different views, perspectives, and experiences are embraced. Within us lies the [...]
How - and where - we work has never changed as rapidly as it did in 2020. As we start a new year, the situation continues to evolve but it seems likely that we’ll be navigating working from home - and the dispersed and remote teams that entails - well into 2021. It’s not all bad news though, as working from home offers flexibility and productivity benefits. What has undeniably been lost, though, is in-person communication and the casual encounters [...]
The events of this summer have moved me to my core. So I did what I do, I reached for my pen. Here’s an excerpt from my new book collaboration A Collective Breath. Dear White Christians, I love you, and God loves you; but He needs you to understand some things. I need you to understand some things: 1. It is not (insert the name of a Black person you know)’s responsibility to educate you on the history of [...]
