Never Ask for the sale

by Sue Heilbronner

Thoughts from Conscious Leadership Coach Sue Heilbronner

Latest blogs from Sue
Jul 11

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 11

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 →
Jul 11

Awareness. Changes. Everything.

If you haven’t read Part 1: Choosing Unhappiness, we pick up right where we left off. In Part 1, I revealed how I had been committed to being unhappy because I had been believing I was actually happier that way. If that makes no sense to you, good. It shouldn’t. It turns... read more →
Jul 11

*A Heartbreaking Revelation* The Costs of Unconscious Listening

Until twenty minutes ago, I spent my whole life thinking that this thing → * ← was called an “Asterix.” Or maybe an “Astericks.” Either way, I thought the K sound came before the S sound, rather than what it actually is, an S and then K sound: Asterisk.  My... read more →
Jul 11

A Four-minute, Foursquare Foray Into Focus and Alignment

This morning I got an “I’d love to pick your brain” email from a friend and member of my community. It was the second one from this person in six months. In Conscious Leadership, I talk often about full-body yes and no as a key element to conscious decision-making. But... read more →
Jun 30
Jun 12

Take a Walk with Me and #changeourneighborhoods: 100% Responsibility

I realized that just seeing more people of color walking down these streets would be noticeable and salutary...read more →
Feb 13

Everything I Know About Company Culture I Learned at Summer Camp

If you can intentionally preserve core values for over 105 years, or even five years, you’re doing something incredibly special...read more →
Oct 16

A Practical Application of Zone of Genius to Your Job: Find Out Which Zone You Work in Most

Spending more time in your zone of genius gives you access to your full potential and maximum creativity. Use this tool to explore genius in relation to your day-to-day job...read more →
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