Cairn Leadership StrategiesGetting shut down, or managing up? Five ways to increase your effectivenessTaking initiative and offering new ideas to your boss helps you grow as an emerging leader and pushes your organization forward. In fact…Jul 23, 2020Jul 23, 2020
Cairn Leadership StrategiesLeadership: A matter of characterAs Leonie, our company president and now orthopedic surgeon, prepared to graduate medical school early to face the COVID19 pandemic, her…Jul 2, 2020Jul 2, 2020
Cairn Leadership StrategiesCourageous leadership- Tough conversations to move forwardSometimes fear is telling you something you need to be aware of and sometimes it’s a false narrative. So taking a breath to check either…Jun 23, 2020Jun 23, 2020
Cairn Leadership StrategiesWhy you need to get your leaders outside now!Grinning ear to ear as I zipped down a hill on my mountain bike, I realized I don’t tap into such exuberant joy anywhere other than…May 24, 2020May 24, 2020
Cairn Leadership StrategiesWhy storytellers make the best leadersOnce upon a time, on an Executive Crux Adventure in Joshua Tree, I shared my story around a campfire. I felt vulnerable and uncomfortable…May 10, 2020May 10, 2020
Cairn Leadership StrategiesAre you leading well?My former boss, Navy CAPT Shaun McAndrew, shared after an interview on our Women Lead Radio show that even five years later, she found it…May 4, 2020May 4, 2020
Cairn Leadership StrategiesWhat wilderness navigation teaches us about strategic leadershipAs guides and leaders at Cairn Leadership, we have been lost once or twice. It turns out most people are actually a little lost most of…Apr 16, 2020Apr 16, 2020
Cairn Leadership StrategiesThe secret of command“”Being directive [to lead a team] is actually kind of easy.Mar 30, 2020Mar 30, 2020
Cairn Leadership StrategiesFour lessons leaders can learn about failing from fallingFear grips me as my arms weaken. No option seems feasible, so I wildly lunge for a hold above me. The top of the hold is rounded. My…Feb 24, 2020Feb 24, 2020
