by Vanessa Williams
No pain, no gain. Anyone who has broken a bone or torn a tendon knows the pain of physical therapy and the corresponding reward of healing. Anyone who has worked with a therapist to cure psychological trauma knows how frightening facing your fears can be. Done well, a...
by Vanessa Williams
As we go through our morning rituals, we look in the mirror and work our magic, making sure we’re well scrubbed and ready for what lies ahead. It’s a routine thing, something we don’t think much of. We then check in on ourselves throughout the day, making sure nothing...
by Vanessa Williams
Boxers sparring with their stronger hand tied behind their back, tennis players serving blindfolded, righty baseball players batting lefty. Coaches of high-level athletes — and athletes with high potential, as yet unrealized — sometimes deliberately handicap their...
by Vanessa Williams
You are in the office, but you are not truly “present.” You are comfortable at your organization, but you are not challenged in a meaningful way. The pay is good, the situation isn’t threatening, you have worked hard for a long time to get to this point, your team is...
by Vanessa Williams
We humans like to put things in boxes. Situations that we cannot easily and quickly characterize generate some level of unease, whether conscious or not. We are most comfortable with what we can file neatly and label. The same goes for how we view the people we meet...
by Vanessa Williams
We Don’t Define Presence, but We Do Know How to Live It “We convince by our presence” — Walt Whitman Great leaders need to be powerful influencers — Making connections with people, encouraging everyone to move in the same direction, sharing a vision, and...
