by Refinery | Nov 24, 2021 | Opinions
Reflecting on being a leader over the global COVID-19 crisis Recently I was asked by a friend and former colleague if I could summarize what being a leader has been like over the global COVID-19 crisis. After my initial, blatant response that I can’t repeat...
by Refinery | Dec 10, 2020 | Opinions
I’m pretty proud of the fact that I spent a good majority of my formative career years in the banking industry. Fortunately, I had some great leaders to guide me through the sometimes treacherous political waters of “big bank” hierarchies. Over the years, I worked in...
by Refinery | May 27, 2020 | Opinions
Susan Eick thought she knew just about everything that she needed to be a successful CEO. However, even after working for more than 25 years in Corporate America and Canada, she found out that she was wrong. It wasn’t until she learned how to be real with her team,...
by Refinery | Apr 9, 2020 | Opinions
Events of the past few weeks have humbled me. What I thought I was prepared for as a leader—what I trained for, what I learned doing my MBA—was pretty much thrown out the window. Even things that I learned and held close as my personal foundations of leadership,...
by Refinery | Jan 29, 2020 | Opinions
This video that I recorded to support my upcoming blog about executive burnout was filmed one day before I got hit by a truck. What’s ironic about that, you ask? Let me take you back to earlier this year—the end of June 2019. I was on a call with my coach,...
by Refinery | Nov 7, 2019 | Opinions
I was not even at the half-way point of one of the worst years of my life. Already, I had lost my job, had to move my family back to Colorado, attempt, then fail, then attempt again to find a job, get pregnant, then lose the pregnancy, try to maintain a state of...
