Tips on Finding the Right Coach (for you)

by AnnaYoung | Jul 6, 2023 | Coaching, Leadership

I quite often have conversations with individuals who are interested in being coached but who don’t quite know how to start finding the person who will be the right match for them. And it can definitely feel overwhelming.  I’ve pulled together some thoughts and...

Avoiding Rabbit Holes in Team Conversations

by AnnaYoung | Jun 14, 2023 | Facilitation

I almost subtitled this blog Notes from a Reluctant Energizer Bunny!  I recently spent four days with a dynamic group of senior leaders, facilitating a series of strategic conversations. This was the first time that they had met in person for a while and there were a...

Five Ways to Channel Information Overload

by AnnaYoung | Jun 2, 2023 | Inspiration

Five simple strategies to help proactively surf the information deluge that many of us live in so that it serves us rather than drowning us. I’m old enough to remember a world before email and before phones that held access to much of the world’s information if I’m...

Uncovering Leadership Insights While Watching the Birds

by AnnaYoung | May 10, 2023 | Leadership

I am not a nature watcher. I am not a bird watcher. I would like to be but I just don’t have the patience. I’d like to think that I will get there but right now I’m not even close. I love seeing things happen but when ‘nothing’ is going on,  I struggle to wait around....

Giving it 100%

by AnnaYoung | May 1, 2023 | Coaching, Leadership

I’ve been thinking hard about this idea of when and whether we are operating at full thrust or not.. And whether we are awarding ourselves A for effort, or impact or both? I’m also teaching a class at the local university this semester with a friend and colleague...