I founded Common Sense Leadership in January 2010 to help very senior executives in business and universities improve leadership – their own and their team’s.  We discussed important principles and practices of highly effective leadership, building on the idea that whatever their field of business, their work as executives was at its core a people business.  Their relationships with their people matter greatly, and relationships are developed one conversation at a time — that conversations are the work of a leader.

Knowing that leadership is much about how we help people feel about themselves, I decided that at this stage of my life, I would like to pivot from my focus with top level executives, and focus on these new areas of leadership coaching instead:

• Helping people — people in all walks and stages of life — improve their lives going forward, often by addressing the overwhelm and stress that is so common today
• Helping religious leaders help those in their parishes and congregations grow in their faith, feel closer to God, and deepen their care for their neighbors and their service to their communities

I am committed to helping any individual seeking to grow in either of these two areas.