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When empowerment gets hard: leading under pressure.
Empowerment is easy when things are going well. It's when pressure mounts - priorities compete, resources struggle, customer escalations land, budgets are threatened - that our empowerment intentions are tested. And under pressure, our instincts quietly work against us. And dis-empowerment creeps in. The science is clear. When stress hits, our brain narrows. The thinking part that considers carefully options and trusts others quietens, the faster part which craves certaint


We Are All Still Becoming. Happy 10th Birthday PeopleQ.
I finished the New York Marathon on a torn calf muscle, slowly and in agony, because I didn't want my kids to watch their mother give up. That's not where my business journey starts. But it's where I understood what it was for. Recently I was invited to share my business journey, the highs, the lows, and what I've learnt along the way. So let me go back to the beginning. The person I was becoming started early My childhood, teens and twenties were rough. My father and two co


Courage + Belief: the start of my leadership journey.
People often inquire into your back story, and I do prefer keeping that conversation for more intimate in person settings, as most who...


A Barometer for Leadership Success
As a leader, you may find yourself making comparisons to others, seeing their accomplishments (or defeats) and accolades as useful...


What I would do differently if I had an executive coach?
I’ve been contemplating this. Back when I was in corporate, executive coaching was reserved for, well, executives, or coaching adopted...
Melina Lipkiewicz, Executive Coach, Facilitator, Speaker, Entrepreneur, High Performer
Oct 19, 20212 min read


Take your Q with PeopleQ
Episode 1 - An introduction to this new Leadership series with Suria and Mel
Melina Lipkiewicz, Executive Coach, Facilitator, Speaker, Entrepreneur, High Performer
Sep 29, 20211 min read
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