The Five Shifts · Instalment 4 of 5: From institutional assumption to earned trust It was summer. An outdoor cafe table, sun already hot, the shade of the trees not quite doing what I needed it to do. I’d arrived early. Over-prepared, notes I didn’t need,...
The Five Shifts · Instalment 3 of 5: From productivity to presence I was in the room. I just wasn’t really there. It was the end of a working day and my husband came home wanting to talk. He walked in, started telling me about his day and I was there —...
The Five Shifts · Installment 2 of 5: From information to formation There is a pile of books on my bedside table that has taken on a life of its own. Each one arrived with good intentions. A speaker mentioned something in a talk and it stayed with me. A colleague...
if you asked Sharon Tomkins to describe coaching in one word, she would have to choose hopeful. When she talks about coaching, she doesn’t begin with techniques or leadership frameworks. She talks about people finding the courage to take one small step forward. For...
The Five Shifts · Instalment 1 of 5: From performing credibility to embodying it I nearly spoke at a conference last week about caring for leaders while being too unwell to care for myself. What stopped me wasn’t wisdom. It was the integrity clash. Last week I was...
On the interior weight of leadership, and three practices of release It was a Tuesday morning. I hadn’t yet left my bed, and my mind was already running. Before my feet hit the floor, I was thinking about a conversation I needed to have with a team member.... 
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