Fire Inside Leadership

We are all smiles today as we unite our organizations in the first of many collaborations between Bradley Sheppard of Sheppard Diversity and Fire Inside Leadership! Brad is a visionary who has been working to create safe spaces and help organizations create belonging and inclusion. So grateful we are coming together to expand our collective impact! And that our first dance together is with African Nova Scotian Affairs!

The perfect location for Sandi and Julian to co-lead one of our leadership communities of practice! The subject of the day: the impact of assumptions, judgements, and biases on leaders’ capacity to create connection and emotional resonance in their relationships. As Henry Winkler said: “Assumptions are the termites of relationship”. We say: “No relationship, no leadership.”

What would you love to be doing? Why aren't you doing it? Powerful questions, posed by my good friend, novelist Gina Brown, who did me the great honor of agreeing to be a guest writer in my publication, The Slow Sip this month. I've been sitting with question two. The answers are uncomfortable. If you've been putting off a dream, this short essay will give you a big dose of inspiration, along with a gentle kick in the pants. Don't miss it! https://lnkd.in/g62vRFvM #motivation #creativity #writing #personaldevelopment

We couldn't help but share these reflections by Haruka Aoyama! Haruka is one of the inspiring leaders taking part in Fire Inside Leadership's Emerging Leaders Program, which launched on November 13. Thank you, Haruka, for your thought-provoking insights. Transformation is on the horizon for you and the rest of your cohort!

This morning, Fire Inside's Julian and Laura kicked off our latest Emerging Leaders Program with an incredible group of inspiring individuals! We’re thrilled to co-lead this transformative journey over the coming months and look forward to seeing these leaders continue to grow and thrive! Shivani Adhana, Leila Allahham, Haruka Aoyama, Rodney Woodworth, AJ Benoit, Sanela Moraca, Colin Kelly, Pavan Batchu, Inica Yang, Sarah Boutzis, Niecole Killawee, Monica Jordan

Although more famous as an actor, Alan Alda has had an illustrious academic career. In 2009, he founded the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science at Stony Brook University. Alda's quote resonated in a client meeting Julian and Sandi held yesterday. How often do you really listen? What would be different for your leadership and team if this was your practice? #leadershipdevelopment #leadershipcoaching #reallistening

Thank you to those who have served and their families.

Eileen Reardon and Sandi Roberts were inspired by the beauty and calling forth in this photo shared by a client last week. What will you choose to do to make sure your day is not wasted? Thanks to Marc Rowsell for sharing! #leadershipdevelopment #leadershipcoaching #leadersareinchoice #everyminutecounts

Wise words from Tara Brach. Owning both our strengths and our imperfections is powerful for leaders. What would change for you if you led from this place? #leadershipdevelopment #leadershipcoaching #perfectlyimperfect

About a month ago, I noticed I had developed a reflexive way to greet the day that was some variation of “ugh.” I wanted to break that habit. I decided to create a “first thought” practice. I would practice starting my day with the thought, “Thank you for this new day.” It struck me that at my age, new days are not a given and getting a new one is pretty incredible when you think about it. But here’s the kicker, it’s REALLY tough to engineer your first thought upon waking up. After working on it for about 30 days, it typically goes something like this. First thought. “Where am I?” Second thought. “Why does everything hurt?” Third thought: “Ugh, it’s a gym day. But everything hurts…” Followed by string of whining thoughts and excuses about how things hurt so much I really should cancel my gym session. Twentieth thought: “Oh wait! Thank you for this new day. I’m alive. I’m still breathing. I’m going to the gym." https://lnkd.in/ghMybG6W #enjoytheride #leadershipdevelopment #gratitude