individual success

Ditch burnout and rediscover your creative rhythm. Leadership, play, exploration and idleness are all part of our individual creativity. Look across the compass to Group Success for the balance to this section.

Why do leaders need to train to lead? Training is best for A.I. Uncover your own style by believing in yourself because it isn’t just what you say—it’s how you hold space.

Double Vector Leadership

Here are my leadership credentials:

  • Co-led the in-house retail branding approach for the Smithsonian on and off the National Mall.

  • Founding director of the Rochester City Center of the International Interior Design Association (IIDA)

  • Joined a research project during the pandemic with ASID (American Society of Interior Designers), leading the profession in a new understanding of the built environment as a NCIDQ certified professional,

  • Co-led the local educational arm of USGBC (United States Green Building Council) as a LEED-AP (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design),

  • Led projects and classes at RIT (Rochester Institute of Technology) as both a project manager & design instructor.

  • Mentored design students & younger designers in their approach to being their own leaders.

  • And if you’re wondering, my career began at the University of Cincinnati (‘99) in the DAAP program & completed my MS at Chatham University. (2018)

All of these leadership positions helped me uncover my own style of leading.

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play, exploration + idleness

Understanding our innate need to play and explore to help us feel connected to ourselves and our joyful energy. Idleness isn’t just for the rich, it’s for everyone to rest, recover, and allow our minds to expand beyond their usual bounds of behavior. For real.

DIRECTIONAL COMPASS RELATING

East is the direction of the rising sun.

It’s aligned with wood — or trees — as they stretch their branches up to the source of light in the sky that helps them (and us) grow strong and ‘Y’ in two directions, like Double Vector Leadership. Work on the individual aspects of creativity, but if you find you can’t go it alone or need help with a creative block, I offer individual creativity coaching.

Sunlight streaming through the trees in a forest during daytime, casting rays and illuminating the forest floor covered with leaves.