Scientific Leadership Coach, Writer, Biotech Advisor
When you find yourself out of your comfort zone, your rational mind may say, This is good for me or I can do it. But your body says, No way, this feels wrong. But over years of coaching leaders through new challenges, I’ve learned that growth – aka expanding your comfort zone at the edge – comes from small, intentional experiments.
Most of the time, I’m productive and clear on priorities. But sometimes, I get stuck. while researching the psychology of persuasion, I came across this observation: People perceive expected losses more than expected gains. it’s so easy to imagine everything that could go WRONG by taking action, it takes special effort to imagine what could go RIGHT.
It was all going so well at work, until it wasn’t. When Roche bought Genentech some time ago, I didn’t know what to expect, personally or professionally. But I knew there’d be change.
Do you keep lists? I keep a lot of lists. My project list, to-do list, where to go on vacation … Read more
This holiday season, I saw my family from a new point of view. It started because December was really overwhelming … Read more
My sister in law is a great negotiator. She’s just the person you want to bring along to buy a … Read more
It was 7 am Wednesday Nov 6th and I didn’t know what to do. The 8 am rowing practice was … Read more
Cycles are amazingly common in nature, but unfortunately becoming lost in modern corporate life.
The question was deeply earnest. “We’ve talked about it a lot amongst ourselves, and really hope you can answer this:” … Read more
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