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What is a growth mindset, anyway?
You may have heard a lot about having a growth mindset recently. It's good for business! It's good for parenting! It's good for...
Kate Siegel
Sep 2, 20254 min read


"What does a coach actually do?"
I'd like to get this question a lot more than I do. Because if I did, I'd be able to tell people what happens in a coaching session, how...
Kate Siegel
Aug 26, 20255 min read


Savoring What's Left of Summer: Finding Pleasure During Change
On my daughter's eighth birthday this summer, I had a revelation. I was chatting with a fellow mom about all the memories we...
Kate Siegel
Aug 19, 20253 min read


Listen Before You Solve
What happens to you when you've had a rough day, you sit down to process it with another person, and that person starts jumping in with...
Kate Siegel
Aug 12, 20253 min read


Get your "but" out of my office
The other day, my older daughter was mad at my younger one because she told her to take her plate to the kitchen. "YOU'RE NOT MY...
Kate Siegel
Aug 5, 20252 min read


Trust Grows When We Make Things Right
I recently facilitated two separate conversations between teammates (at two different organizations) where trust had been broken. I...
Kate Siegel
Jul 29, 20254 min read


No More Guessing Games: The Case for Transparency at Work
I sat down to play a card game with my daughter the other day, and she literally made up the rules as we went along. She was emphatic...
Kate Siegel
Jul 22, 20255 min read


How to stay motivated when it's gorgeous outside and you'd really rather not be at your computer
I'm guessing you can relate. It's summer, and my kids are on vacation. They think I'm on vacation, too, and abandoning the computer is...
Kate Siegel
Jul 15, 20253 min read


Five Common Ways Broken Teams are Broken
I work with a fabulous organization called Wildfire Strategies , and our fearless leader, Steve Salee , has written an article that has...
Kate Siegel
Jul 8, 20257 min read


Want Trust? Start with Respect
I was working with a team recently on building respect and we discovered (unsurprisingly) that we didn't all define respect the same way....
Kate Siegel
Jun 30, 20255 min read


To Build Trust, Cut the Fluff
Brene Brown put it well: “Clear is kind. Unclear is unkind.” I've experienced this firsthand: Many years ago, my boss gave me feedback...
Kate Siegel
Jun 16, 20253 min read


Drama-Free Boundary Communication
I've been working on a webinar about boundaries and how important it is to set boundaries both at work and at home. There are seven...
Kate Siegel
Jun 3, 20255 min read


Mastering the Stress Cycle
Our body's response to stressful situations is a huge contributor to burnout. But luckily, we have a built-in stress cycle that helps...
Kate Siegel
May 9, 20254 min read


Decision-Making Traps You Didn’t See Coming (and how to avoid them)
If you do any research into decision-making mistakes (and I have), you'll discover that there are boatloads of ways you can get in your...
Kate Siegel
Apr 28, 20259 min read


"At this company, you're family."
I was running some leadership training recently when a senior leader told me his greatest strength was that he ran his business like a...
Kate Siegel
Apr 3, 20254 min read


Holding Yourself Accountable: a How-To
I’ve always been a fairly accountable person: If I say I’m going to do something – and it’s important to me – I do it. That said, I...
Kate Siegel
Mar 27, 20256 min read


Oh, I'm sorry, you were saying...
How often have you been a few minutes into a conversation before you even knew what it was about? Or been deep in a talk with someone,...
Kate Siegel
Feb 27, 20255 min read


Book Review: Self-Compassion for Dummies
Though the title feels less than compassionate (who wants to think of themselves as dummies?) the author, Steven Hickman, is keenly aware...
Kate Siegel
Jan 27, 20252 min read


What's in Your Boundary Circles?
I'm preparing for an Executive Leadership training program next week and one of the topics we're discussing is boundaries -- what's...
Kate Siegel
Jan 7, 20252 min read


Setting Powerful Intentions for a New Year
I write and teach a lot about goal setting. And goal setting is great when you have clear, tangible things you want to accomplish - losing a certain amount of weight, saving a certain amount of money, signing on a certain number of clients... you get it. But what about those things that we want that aren't as measurable? What about spending time with our loved ones, growing personally or professionally, or changing the way we behave in our relationships? Can I set a goal
Kate Siegel
Dec 6, 20245 min read
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