Creative organizations need creative leaders

Inspiring and engaging people who create, make and build is a special leadership challenge. Leadership basics still apply, but openness, empathy and comfort with contradictions matter.

I’ve spent most of my career working with creatives, and I am one myself so I know the territory well.

What do my clients have in common? 

My clients lead companies that create things. Products, content, technology, marketing. Most of them are at the CEO or senior executive level.

Because I have experienced and understand the unique challenges of being a woman in senior leadership, many of my clients are women.

My clients are values oriented. Why they do what they do matters. Of course they want their business to succeed. But they also want to make a positive impact for their employees, community, and the world.

Most of my clients think like the creatives and makers they lead. They prefer stories to structure, curiosity to cookie cutter solutions. They are often rebels, iconoclasts and unconventional thinkers.