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Happy 2025! As we step into a new year, I want to begin with a heartfelt thank-you for being here and for engaging with this work. Today, I’m sharing some reflections, a look at recent changes within our organization, and an invitation to consider how you’re choosing to lead this year.
January 28, 2025
How a UX Leadership Team at a Fortune 100 Organization Leveraged the IEP Method® to Navigate Transition and Build Leadership Resilience
Transitioning from remote work to in-office collaboration isn’t just a logistical challenge — it’s a leadership challenge. For a 14-person UX leadership team at a Fortune 100 company, preparing for an impending return-to-office (RTO) mandate brought a unique set of hurdles: adapting to new dynamics, managing the energy required for effective in-person collaboration, and integrating leadership presence with demanding workloads.
Recognizing the stakes, the team pooled their professional development resources to pursue a transformative learning experience — the IEP Method® Foundations community membership and self-study programming.
Here's how they made it happen:
September 5, 2024
The Hidden Myths About Presence That Hold Leaders Back
Lately, I've noticed that three common myths about presence often disempower and exhaust leaders:
- You either have "presence" or you don't.
- Presence is "soft stuff," so it's often not prioritized for growth and development.
- Presence can be faked.
There are other myths to address, but for now, I'd like to focus on these three and invite you into a way forward...
August 16, 2024
Strategically Expand Your Leadership Presence and Resilience with the IEP Method® Immersion Session
True leadership requires more than just expertise and qualifications; it demands the ability to inspire and positively influence those around you.
Technical skills, management frameworks, and impressive credentials are no longer enough to guarantee success as a leader. While these elements are undoubtedly important, they can only take you so far.
Why Should You Really Focus on Energy, Intentions, and Presence?
The true differentiator between a successful leader and a potentially damaging one lies in the energy, presence, and intentions they bring to their role. This is the core foundation of the IEP Method®, which emphasizes that sustainable success stems from a leader’s ability to manage not just their tasks, but their energetic impact on their team and organization.
Why is positive energy important? How do we create it? How does it impact our culture? For years we've worked with leaders and organizations on building healthier more positively contagious cultures and authentic positive energy leadership. Often when I speak about how to do this, people will ask for the "checklist" -- the checklist for building a healthy culture or leading better. ("Yes, yes, yes... I know positive energy is important, yes yes yes... give me the checklist.") We can give you a checklist, trust me, we have many -- however, it will ultimately only be as good as the honest inner work you do to truly create positive energy within yourself first. Creating healthy leadership and a healthy culture is an inside-job...
Last month, Harvard Business Review published an article, "The Best Leaders Have a Contagious Positive Energy". (Four of my favorite words in one title: leaders, contagious, positive, and energy!) The article speaks to some of the what and why of positive energy leadership. In the video below, I offer you a bit more about the (sustainable) authentic how as well as some things to watch out for as you build your leadership and culture. Enjoy!
