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Thought Leadership for Creative Professionals
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For leaders and organizations that are ready to innovate and scale, explore Break the Tape Thought Leadership. This is where you'll find educational resources on the impact of leadership, creativity, and executive coaching, as well as the latest organizational growth trends.
Breaking Down 2023: How Creativity and Growth Showed Up in My Practice
As I set my goals for the year ahead, I took a moment to look back at the work of Break the Tape Leadership and all the amazing people...
Jan 13, 20242 min read
Unleashing Creativity: Making it a Daily Practice in 2024
For 2024, I personally will be setting into motion the commitment to build in an act of creativity into every day. Think of it as a...
Jan 5, 20244 min read
An Invitation For You: Fight Poverty with Coachathon 2023
I am thrilled to announce that I am joining 200 other coaches for the global 2023 Coachathon as a business/leadership coach on Nov 8, 2023.
Nov 2, 20232 min read
Brain Hack | Intentional Creativity
Is creativity a learned practice or an innate talent? A creativity and growth executive coach explores intentional creativity.
Jul 21, 20236 min read
Executive Coaching | Are You a Zombie Professional?
Exploring the use of a 5-R framework: remain, renovate, repurpose, redevelop, relinquish to rehabilitate leaders that are overwhelmed.
Jun 17, 20234 min read
Negotiations for Women in 5 Easy Steps
Negotiations take place every day in all professional and personal domains. They include transactions, compensation, and relationships.
May 4, 20235 min read
What if We Coached Leaders as Poets?
If leaders were coached as poets they would relish an eclectic work history, leave space for interpretation, and punctuate memorable moments
Apr 27, 20233 min read
Trends | Professional Ghosting
You may think that "ghosting" is only for personal relationships. Yet, ghosting is as prevalent in the professional domain as the personal.
Mar 23, 20234 min read
Executive Coaching: Confidence Matters
Unless you've been living under a rock, you've probably read about the recent bank failures, and heard news pundits describe why consumer...
Mar 16, 20232 min read
Executive Coaching | They Don't Give Out Medals at the Layoff Olympics
News cycles often feel like the “Layoff Olympics.” As an executive coach that specializes in creativity and growth, it's time for a reframe.
Mar 10, 20234 min read
Six Creative Ways to Get Outside of Your Comfort Zone
Explore six creative ways to get out of your comfort zone curated by an executive coach that works with the creative sector.
Feb 24, 20233 min read
5 Creative Links for Black History Month
Five links to sites that amplify Black creators in different fields: past, present, and emerging.
Feb 9, 20232 min read
Free Infographic: The Creative Brain
Infographic on The Creative Brain: How to Leverage the "Do Mostly Nothing" Function
Feb 2, 20231 min read
Ransom Poetry: Research Says Give Your Executive Brain a Break
Ransom Poetry is designed to incorporate kinetic motion that is repetitive yet productive activating the Default Mode Network for ideation.
Jan 26, 20233 min read
Team Building: Beyond Hiccups and Howling
I'm often approached either as an executive coach or a business consultant to work with teams to help enhance behaviors and/or develop an...
Jan 16, 20233 min read
The Benefits of Creativity in Executive Coaching
Executive coaching recognizes that when professionals are in their career-building phase of life, they need creative solutions.
Jan 6, 20234 min read
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