by maren | Apr 3, 2025 | Business, Leadership Development, Skill Development
She said, “Oh no, I can’t use that arm” and in that moment everything changed. How often do you fight for your limitations without realizing that’s what you are doing? What might happen if you stopped? Last week three seemingly unrelated parts of my life converged...
by maren | Mar 15, 2025 | Leadership Development, Skill Development
Hope. It’s a simple word. It’s not a simple concept. And it feels out of reach for a lot of people right now. Including me. Over the past few weeks I’ve found myself experiencing hope and it’s felt odd. Part of me wanted to apologize. Instead, I decided to share and...
by maren | Mar 3, 2025 | Leadership Development, Skill Development
I recently had dinner with a young woman who went into near panic mode about what to order and then told me I had to decide for her. Part of me was horrified, and part of me saw a much bigger picture, a key for leadership and an answer that had been looking for me....
by maren | Feb 11, 2025 | Business, Leadership Development, Skill Development
While the internet and social media allow us to connect to more people than ever, it’s creating huge divides. Now AI is supplanting what has given us our sense of value – the work we do. There’s no doubt that we define a person’s worth by their...
by maren | Jan 29, 2025 | Business, Skill Development
Our current way of doing business is completely transactional. Meaning the way we interact is everyone doing things with an expectation of what they’ll get in return. You scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours, or ‘what’s in it for me?’ “Yes”, you say, “this...
by maren | Jan 15, 2025 | Business, Leadership Development, Skill Development
Have you ever noticed how ideas flow freely when your mind is relaxed? That when you stop actively working on a problem, an answer shows up? We often think of these as ‘shower’ moments, and they can happen anytime we relax our minds. I recently had my own shower...