Recently, I facilitated a group coaching session for marketing and communications professionals from nonprofits across the United States. What began as a conversation about storytelling became something far more urgent: How do you communicate when the message conflicts with your ethics? How do you serve a bipartisan organization when every word feels fraught? These weren't hypothetical questions. These leaders are navigating real challenges—trying to advance their missions w

Late October, I drove three beautiful hours to the National Conservation Training Center in West Virginia where I spent two days with a conservation-focused client whose distributed team gathered in person for the first time in months. Being surrounded by autumn's splendor as I navigated through mountains, and later walked the grounds of the center, the path was clear for what I'd come to share. What unfolded was a masterclass in how organizations can transform performance ma

As I gather ingredients for a traditional Panamanian fruit cake this holiday season, Chef Yadira Stamp's Panama On A Plate  cookbook sits open on my counter—not just as a recipe guide, but as a bridge to understanding my parent’s birthplace and my own heritage in ways my parents never explicitly shared. Panama 's story is one rarely told in full: a nation positioned on the narrow isthmus   connecting North and South America, home to the Guaymí, Kuna, and Chocó peoples long be

November is National Career Development Month, and I refuse to give you the tired advice about AI skills or resume tweaks. Not now. Not when so many of you are choosing between groceries and rent, watching your life's work stall mid-mission, or questioning whether the institutions you serve still serve you back. The current government shutdown—nearing a month—has displaced over 800,000 federal workers. Simultaneously, private sector layoffs continue mounting across tech, reta

Four small business owners, two men and two women gathered in a modern office setting. Around them float speech bubbles containing...

November reminds us why we do what we do—not just for profit margins or performance metrics, but for people, partnership, and purpose. As...