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How Patterns Can Help You Discover Your Leadership Superpower

As a self-confessed Marvel geek, I love seeing the transformation of ‘ordinary Joe/Jo’ into superhero and I believe that while we can’t all scale buildings and win intergalactic battles, we do all have a unique leadership superpower – some capacity, skill or quality that sets us apart and elevates organizational performance. However, unlocking our true heroic potential requires looking inward first and a great place to start is by analyzing our impact patterns.  […]

By |2024-04-03T00:19:01-05:00April 3rd, 2024|Leading|0 Comments
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Listening for New Perspectives

“Disagreement means richness of point of view, a wealth of ideas. So we want to keep that. But we want to prepare people to listen to different points of view.” – Francesca Cornelli, Dean of the Northwestern University – Kellogg School of Management This quote encapsulates the opportunity more empathic and inclusive leadership presents for organizational success. But what does it mean to truly listen across differences in background and experience? And why does it matter? […]

By |2024-03-18T21:39:21-05:00March 18th, 2024|Leading|0 Comments
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The Power of Recognition: We all need to feel seen

Do your employees feel genuinely valued and seen for their contributions? If not, their performance and morale may falter no matter their natural drive. I wrote recently about reigniting a dimmed spark with insights for leaders on how to increase motivation and I want to go deeper on one important facet of motivation that is within the capability and control of every leader and manager: Recognition. […]

By |2024-03-04T17:08:30-06:00March 4th, 2024|Leading|0 Comments
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Leading with Emotional Agility: The Next Frontier of Emotional Intelligence

Emotional intelligence has long been touted as vital for leadership success. But research now shows emotional agility – how gracefully you navigate internal shifts – is equally crucial. Leaders who can flow between feelings not only perform better themselves but are able to lead high performing teams and model desirable behaviors. […]

By |2024-02-05T18:05:38-06:00February 5th, 2024|Leading|0 Comments
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Reigniting a ‘dimmed spark’

As leaders, few challenges rival trying to motivate a disengaged or unmotivated employee. In fact, it’s my belief and experience that you can only create the conditions for people to feel motivated – you cannot control their internal drivers. This is, however, a moment for your leadership influence to shine and it’s vitally important when you do have demotivated people on your team to identify it and act quickly, because the apathy of one individual is capable of dragging on [...]

By |2024-01-24T03:13:58-06:00January 24th, 2024|Leading|0 Comments
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Resilient Leadership – Navigating Change with Empathy (Podcast Appearance)

In this episode of Design Your Life & Business - The Leaders Podcast, host Jevon Wooden is joined by Alana Hill, CEO of 2Hill Consulting Services, Change Leadership Expert, and Bestselling Author. Their conversation explores the importance of self-awareness, resilience, and compassion in leading change and designing a fulfilling life and career. Alana shares her journey and insights while emphasizing the value of owning your actions and seeking guidance from mentors. They also touch on emotional intelligence, goal setting, and [...]

By |2025-01-09T12:12:45-06:00January 9th, 2024|Podcast|0 Comments
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What’s Emotional Intelligence Got To Do With Leadership?

These are times of heightened emotions.  What we are seeing, hearing and experiencing is through our emotions.  I have studied, written about and applied emotional intelligence throughout my life and career, (sometimes without even realizing it at the time) to the point that it is embedded in my practice. However, it always serves us to take a step back, consider the current context and expand our understanding. To that end, let’s unpack: What has emotional intelligence got to do with [...]

By |2025-05-07T15:13:02-05:00November 1st, 2023|Leading|0 Comments
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Staying Connected in the Disconnected Workplace

With today's increasingly digital and dispersed teams, it can be challenging for leaders to maintain strong connections with their teams. Yet feeling disconnected at work has been linked to lower engagement, productivity, and retention rates. In my work with executives it is increasingly clear that building rapport and community amidst dispersed teams is a huge leadership challenge.  Whether your organization is implementing a return to the office, hybrid or remote working, teams still need to connect, communicate and collaborate. Yes, [...]

By |2023-10-16T19:00:59-05:00October 16th, 2023|Leading|0 Comments
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How curiosity can be a leadership competency

I wrote recently about the fresh start September offers us, with the back to school mindset of our younger days! This time of year also reminds me of what it was like to be a school age child, to be eager and open to new experiences. To be curious and ask endless questions with no self-consciousness because we were all learning, all of the time.  […]

By |2023-10-04T04:32:09-05:00October 4th, 2023|Leading|0 Comments
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Women in Leadership – Gains and Goals

For the first time in the history of the Fortune 500, women are leading 10% of the United States’ largest companies by revenue.  It might not feel like much of a leap, but it is a milestone nonetheless. Seeing women in these roles, achieving success and delivering results at the top of their industries, the more motivated and vindicated the push for gender parity. It is also encouraging to see gains in the traditionally male-dominated industries including financial services, defense [...]

By |2023-09-04T18:47:56-05:00September 4th, 2023|Leading|0 Comments
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