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High performers often get rewarded with more work, not more support. This “performance punishment” turns success into strain — promoting doers into leaders without space to lead. It’s time to rethink reward systems and help our best people grow, not burn out.
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When a strike ends, the real work begins — rebuilding trust, restoring connection, and leading with empathy. Returning to work isn’t just operational; it’s deeply human. Leaders who approach this moment with care can turn disruption into renewal.
AI
AI won’t replace coaching—it can extend it. By reframing AI as a third voice in the coaching relationship, we create a reflective triad of client, coach, and AI—each bringing presence, curiosity, and insight to deepen awareness and sustain growth between conversations.
Methods & Models
A team being stuck is not a sign of failure — it’s where innovation and understanding are born. Learn how to hold space for the messy middle and turn conflict into collaboration.
S.P.A.C.E. to Lead
Words hold history, identity, and emotion. Before we judge what someone says—or how they say it—what if we paused to ask why we’re reacting? Sometimes the power isn’t in the word itself, but in the space we create to understand it.
S.P.A.C.E. to Lead
Teams grow most when certainty is scarce. The Stacey Matrix reminds us that innovation and collaboration thrive in complexity—where answers aren’t obvious, but learning and collective strength emerge.
S.P.A.C.E. to Lead
In this newsletter, we explore the real challenges leaders face today—from balancing stability and agility, to setting healthy boundaries, to rethinking feedback. Each article offers fresh insights and practical tools to help you and your team thrive
S.P.A.C.E. to Lead
Leaders today face a paradox: provide stability so teams feel safe, while staying agile enough to adapt in uncertain times. True leadership lies in holding both—creating space where people feel grounded and ready to change.
AI
Coaching is personal. It’s built on trust, presence, and human connection. So when I tell people I’ve been training an AI version of myself to coach, I usually get one of two reactions: fascination or discomfort. And honestly, I’ve felt both. As an executive, leadership, management and
S.P.A.C.E. to Lead
Teams, at their best, are dynamic systems—complex, adaptive, and filled with potential. But high-performing teams don’t emerge from strategy alone. They are cultivated through intentional space: to reflect, realign, and re-engage. That’s the essence of Space to Team. As leaders, many of us have embraced
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Contributed by David LeBlanc If you’ve ever stood in the heart of Grand Central Station in New York City, you know the feeling. The architecture is stunning, but it’s the energy that defines the experience—people rushing in every direction, announcements echoing, trains arriving and departing, information boards
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Contributed by Carrie Lamb In Canada, we just recognized Orange Shirt Day and Truth and Reconciliation Day (TRC Day) on September 30th. And while many understand the importance of this day, for others, it is another long weekend. It is critical that not only on that day, but every day,