Networking or Net-weaving?

by AnnaYoung | Nov 16, 2023 | Coaching, Leadership

Several years ago I was about to leave for a conference on innovation in San Francisco when my boss asked me what my plans for networking there were. This threw me into a sense of panic for two, potentially contradictory, reasons.  On the one hand, as a borderline...

Catching Up With Myself

by AnnaYoung | Nov 15, 2023 | Coaching, Leadership

Have you ever arrived somewhere after a long (possibly plane journey) and felt that, while your physical body is present, there are parts of you that are still somewhere else, possibly high over the water somewhere, possibly still lingering at your last destination?...

Helping You Facilitate the Gatherings You Lead

by AnnaYoung | Nov 5, 2023 | Facilitation, Leadership

Are you hosting an internal retreat, meeting or gathering and facilitating it yourself? Do you feel that you are 90% there but would like a bit of extra support or access to some new or different activities to incorporate? Do you know what you want the content of the...

Do Mistakes Get Easier the Better We Are At Something?

by AnnaYoung | Oct 10, 2023 | Coaching, Leadership

I have recently realized that there is a deep irony in the fact that, the more experience and skilled I get in something, the less concerned I am about making mistakes and being right. If my expertise is questioned in an area where I think I am strong, my tendency is...

Seeing Meetings as Punctuation, Not the Novel Itself

by AnnaYoung | Oct 3, 2023 | Facilitation, Leadership

Or…  One Big Mistake Many of Us Make When Planning Gatherings, Meetings, Retreats and What We Can Do About It! Many of us have a gut reaction when we are told we need to go to a conference, retreat, work gathering, off-site, or simply an all-day meeting. There...