Tag: Purpose
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Bridging the Leadership Gap: From Transactional Boss to Transformative Change Agent
Leadership doesn’t come in just one flavor, and it certainly doesn’t develop all at once. Most of us develop into our leadership over time, gaining skills, clarity, and self-awareness as we go. And, whether we realize it or not, our approach to leadership reflects how we see our role in the system around us. Some…
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Leading Starts Here: Returning to Self in a World That Pulls Us Away
Leadership is often talked about in terms of vision, influence, or strategy. We’re taught to associate it with action: stepping forward, speaking up, setting direction. Indeed, all of that can be true. When I speak with leaders, especially those immersed in the hard work of mission-driven change, I often hear something else. It isn’t a…
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When the Weight Feels Heavy: A Love Letter to Nonprofit Leaders and Changemakers
Nonprofit leaders are a special breed. They’re the ones who run toward the fire, not away from it. They work long hours not for profit, but for purpose. They wake up thinking about how to heal communities, fight injustice, lift others up, and somehow still make payroll by Friday. It takes a rare kind of…
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One Year, 52 Blog Posts: A Reflection on Purpose, Progress, and the Future of Work
This week marks a quiet little milestone: my 52nd weekly blog post for Transformetic. One post, every week, for a full year. I didn’t start with a clear plan or a mapped-out content calendar. I just knew I had something to say about work, about leadership, about the systems we find ourselves in and the…
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Shaping a New Leadership Playbook for a Complex World
There’s a kind of leadership style that once felt like the gold standard. It was all about decisiveness, structure, and holding the reins firmly. In times of uncertainty, it gave people something to rally around: a confident voice, a clear chain of command, and the promise that someone, somewhere, had things under control. But the…
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Reclaiming Our Seat at the Table: A Reflection on Power, Participation, and Possibility
This week, I turn another year older. While I find that birthdays tend to sneak up with a certain insistence that time is passing, I do appreciate the invitation they offer to pause, reflect, and take stock. This year, my birthday reflection has a different weight to it. We’re living through a time of intensifying…
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Leading Like a Coach: A Mindset Worth Celebrating
Did you know that the art of coaching has its own celebratory week dedicated to it? That’s right, and this week is International Coaching Week, a time to celebrate the profound impact coaching has on individuals, teams, and organizations worldwide. As a leadership coach, I find this week especially meaningful because it highlights a powerful…
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When Disengagement Becomes the Norm, It’s Time to Rethink the System
Gallup’s latest State of the Global Workplace report offers a grim but unsurprising headline: employee engagement worldwide has declined for the second time since 2009, settling at just 21%. Less than a quarter of the people around the world are engaged in what they do for a living. For managers, the numbers are worse, especially…
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Coaching Isn’t Therapy—But It Can Still Change Your Life
You’ve got a big decision weighing on you. Maybe it’s about your role, your team, or the next chapter of your life. You’ve been mulling it over, lying awake at night, caught in that loop of “What should I do?” and “Why can’t I figure this out?” So you wonder: Is this something to bring…
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Is Your Organization People-Positive or Just People-Tolerant?
We hear a lot about “people-first” cultures. Companies love to claim they “empower employees” and “foster collaboration.” But if you take a closer look, many of these workplaces aren’t truly people-positive—they’re just people-tolerant. What’s the difference? A people-positive organization does much more than just accommodate people. It actively invests in their growth, autonomy, and purpose.…