No, nope, never. That’s what Zaya told me when I brought up the topic of mindfulness in our career coaching session. I had been working with Zaya to help her succeed in a new leadership role which was a huge leap of responsibility for her. Zaya told me she had an...
Do you like definitions? Over my cup of coffee this morning, I thought about the idea of conscious leadership. In the internal discussion with myself, this meant being purposeful about how one leads vs. just doing what I do. Let’s be clear, many of us employ tactics...
Life is all about lessons, whether we like them or not. And one of the most significant lessons I've learned is that the loudest voice in the room isn't always heard, and the person who talks the most isn't always right. More often than not, it's the quiet ones who...
I’ll do it later, I told my boss. No, you’ll do it right now, she replied. And with that, I sat uncomfortably hunched over a coffee table in the hotel lobby we were staying at and aggressively smacked the keys to write out the email - eating crow and apologizing for...
Let me paint a picture for you and see if it resonates. You’re in the middle of an intense conversation with your…
I coach my clients to accept what they are willing or unwilling to do and empower that decision. Do or do not, there is no should.
Have you ever found yourself in a professional situation where things just didn’t “fit?” Accept or change what you can.
Do any of these sound familiar? – I hate going to bed before anyone else because I’m afraid I’ll miss out on something – I have to be the…
Positive Intelligence has been a life-changing practice for me. So much so, I think of life as pre-PQ and post – kind of like BC and AD….
For this next installment, I’m going to introduce you to one of the top-notch saboteurs that often crop up in our lives. First up is one…
Darren Kanthal, Founder of The Kanthal Group, is a values-driven leadership and career coach with over 20 years of experience in HR and Talent Acquisition. Darren is intensely passionate about helping mid-career leaders cut through the BS, do the foundational work, and achieve their greatness.