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...

When to Give Up

by AnnaYoung | Apr 14, 2023 | Coaching, Leadership

A podcast from The Science of Success that I listened to recently that was about creativity with Beth Cornstock, a business executive and author, currently at Nike. However what really stuck with me was her invitation to see ‘no’s’ (when you ask for something and...