Thoughts from Conscious Leadership Coach Sue Heilbronner
Latest blogs from Sue
Jul
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Jul
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“The Economist’s” Unflattering Picture of Executive Leadership Isn’t the Full Story
In a recent article titled “The annoying habits of highly effective people,” The Economist’s Bartleby column balks at the routines of executives like Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson. The article suggests that these routines are not only unattainable, but often infringe upon the lives of more junior staff. The piece... read more →
Jul
11
Does Life Really Have to Be So Hard?
Part 2: CampThis is Part 2 in a Series about what led me to attend my first Leadership Camp and then begin working with the Camp team. Read Part 1: Say Yes, Show Up, and Be Present. Really, go read it. If you choose not to, know that this starts... read more →
Jul
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Conscious Decision-Making: Getting to Know Your Yes and No
One of the biggest challenges my executive coaching clients face is optimizing their process of decision-making. We all have different approaches to making decisions, and we bring our own context and patterns to the game. Those patterns may be based on personality type, prior work experience, upbringing, and more. I view... read more →
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Conscious Leadership and the Coronavirus
Oh my, have I been below the line about the Coronavirus. I have occasionally painful anxiety mixed with entitlement about getting to be “okay” (such as it is). I am judging myself as being foolish and arrogant about continuing to travel for work, family celebrations, etc. I am oscillating between... read more →
Jul
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Conscious Communication: The Antidote to Passive Aggressive Speech
I often attend leadership team meetings held by client companies at which I coach or teach Conscious Leadership. I recently noticed what I interpreted as a habit among the C-level team members at one client company.One person offered a very accretive idea for an upcoming customer event, and after he... read more →
Jul
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Clean Agreements: The most efficient way to reduce hours of frustration and disappointment
Many of the executives and companies I work with find the Conscious Leadership concept of “clean agreements” to be one of the most transformative principles. The idea is that, as a matter of developing integrity and trust in your relationships, Conscious Leaders work to create and honor impeccable agreements. If you have... read more →
Jul
11
Choosing Unhappiness
Here’s something you may not know about me, probably because until now, I haven’t really wanted you to know; I hadn’t found it particularly flattering.Despite all the wonderful things that have happened in my life and all the wonderful people, I continually find myself back on the “feeling bad couch.”... read more →
Jul
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Choosing Candor in Business and The Perils of Making Any Other Choice
It’s been a rough two weeks for me and my conviction around the availability of candor in business.You know how you can see a really scary horror movie and replay scary images for months after? Well, I’m having that kind of post-traumatic experience after reading two business books. Go figure.First... read more →
Jul
11
Choosing to See Our Personality Patterns as Gifts
At the end of a virtual event Sue Heilbronner and I co-facilitated this week, one of the attendees expressed what I heard as dissatisfaction with the call. I immediately went below the line. The person’s reaction sounded highly reactive to me. I heard her as jogging around the three roles on... read more →
Jul
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Before Making New Year’s Resolutions, Explore Your Unconscious Commitments
It’s the dawn of a new year – heck, it’s the dawn of a new decade – so new year’s resolutions will be in full force.Yoga classes will get more crowded, there will be a line for treadmills at the gym, thrift shops and libraries will exhaust their supplies of... read more →
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