Judy Sims | Leadership Coaching and Training

On the Many Joys of "This Work" and "That Work"

One of the greatest myths that I encounter as a coach is that the only way to be successful is to be relentlessly single minded about wha...

Why Your Judgement Often Suffers in Times of Uncertainty

There’s no shortage of uncertainty at the moment. What’s going to happen to the economy? When will our country fully open up, and if it d...

Infographic: How Negative Emotions Can Help You Become a Better Leader

The best leaders fight the urge to run away from uncomfortable emotions. Instead, they turn into them. Because it turns out, the tough st...

Infographic: So You've Made a Terrible Mistake...

No one likes making mistakes. Mistakes are unnerving, embarrassing, time consuming and sometimes, expensive. But they're also a gift. A v...

Infographic: The Five Dangers of Navel Gazing

Be it an innie or an outie, I’m sure you have a perfectly lovely bellybutton. I had mine pierced for a time in my twenties. It was fun to...

Infographic: Good Perfectionism. Bad Perfectionism.

We all know perfectionism to be a bad thing. But it doesn't have to be so. The difference is intention. Ask yourself: Does your perfectio...

It's Time to Let Go of What's Ending

Everything ends. It just does. So let go. Failure to let go of what’s ending is one of the most common reasons that people get stuck. Whe...

It's Time to Let Go of (inauthentic) Power

Let’s talk about power. When faced with complexity, uncertainty and ambiguity as we are in the current health, economic and political cli...

How Leaders Can Ensure They're Not Perpetuating Privilege in Their Organizations

Last week, we talked about the maladaptive system trap known as Success to the Successful. If you haven’t read it, take a peek at it befo...

Success to the Successful: Are You Perpetuating Privilege?

Let’s say Bill and Janet are equally qualified product managers who are each given a critical product development project. Bill is a good...

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Why Your Judgement Often Suffers in Times of Uncertainty

Infographic: How Negative Emotions Can Help You Become a Better Leader

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On the Many Joys of "This Work" and "That Work"

Why Your Judgement Often Suffers in Times of Uncertainty

Infographic: How Negative Emotions Can Help You Become a Better Leader

Infographic: So You've Made a Terrible Mistake...

Infographic: The Five Dangers of Navel Gazing

Infographic: Good Perfectionism. Bad Perfectionism.

It's Time to Let Go of What's Ending

It's Time to Let Go of (inauthentic) Power

How Leaders Can Ensure They're Not Perpetuating Privilege in Their Organizations

Success to the Successful: Are You Perpetuating Privilege?

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How to Become an Unstuck Leader

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