I believe that all people matter.

I believe that all people have a right to experience the context and environment to life safely and experience human dignity.

I believe that all people need to face, and will face, tough conversations and gut-wrenching circumstances that require long seasons of grit and grace by others, and by themselves.

I believe that actualizing core values and meaningful purpose are what provides satisfaction of a life well lived.

I believe that the right people at the right time are MUCH better together.

I believe that sound, safe, successful, sustainable leadership is the ever-expanding personal capacity to guide, inspire and invite others to a mutually beneficial mission, while fostering a positive and values-based environment for all.

I believe that leadership is more than a title, status, position or designation. I believe it is a result of personal integrity, of acting and interacting with others that generously integrates the betterment of all participants.

Here's how leadership evolves in cultural and individual transformation - by leading one's self well.

Yes, it begins within you.
Notice. Name. Choose.

Lead yourself well.

People who really want to make a difference in the world realize that how they lead themselves is one of the greatest ways to influence a better future for all.

All growth is personal growth.
We are not islands or robots or machines to be programmed and reprogrammed. We are not vessels rife for the latest trends or beliefs according to the input we choose.
There is work to do.
Serious, fun, life-giving, transformative, meaningful, and intentional work.

Lorraine Richmond Leadership Coaching is committed to holding gutsy, authentic, accountable space for individuals or teams, who are willing, ready, and able to embrace the discomfort of personal growth and development SO THAT they can actualize the difference they want to make in our messy, beautiful world amid the stress, chaos and all-things beyond our control.

Lead yourself well.

Practicing the behaviour that you want others to follow, is on your shoulders. Let's call it agency and awareness and a life dedicated to leading yourself well.

Check in on your own behaviours:

• your balance between working hard and overworking
• the care of your mental health (including how you process grief and loss)
• how you carry the stress of circumstances beyond your control
• expectations of yourself to achieve, perform or get things 'perfect'
• your level of transparency in the messy middle
• how you care for your physical, emotional, spiritual and intellectual well-being when you are off-grid

People may hear your words, but your actions and ways of being will be the louder communication.

Lead yourself well.

I have a few hobbies, and they bring me great wonder and delight.

I have many friends.
Some friends I have known a life-time and they are treasurers that money can't buy.
Some friends were accidental, through shared work, shared values, shared purpose, or shared random conversations in random coffee shops or on random street corners.

I get jazzed about the human connection of real meeting real, whether it is in humour or seriousness.

I think I'll continue to cultivate and enjoy old and new meaningful conversations until my last breath on this planet.

You?

What are your hobbies? And how do they add to the meaning and quality of your work and life?

Lead yourself well.