March Magic
March is my favorite month.
Partly because it’s my birthday month, which often translates as my own personal new year, there is International Women’s Day, which growing up in an Eastern European household was a BIG deal, and it closes with my oldest son’s birthday that happens right after the first and highly anticipated signs of spring! So for me it’s always a special time.
And when I led the kick-off for a Director Leadership Program earlier this month, I get the special opportunity to infuse some of that extra energy, like standing on a chair during a leadership exercise in a room of 60 newly promoted and tenured Directors along for the ride.
This is one of those experiences that reinforces outcome over process. Leadership isn’t static. It’s responsive. It’s felt. It’s created in the moments that aren’t planned.
And when it’s done well, people experience the effect immediately.
ELEVATE
We closed out an Executive Coaching engagement this month with a senior leader who did the work.
And it shows.
Not in theory. In application.
Across her team
With her peers
In how she engages and influences at the highest levels
The shift isn’t contained to her. It’s experienced by everyone around her.
With a different client, we renewed a coaching engagement with one of our coaches.
Each engagement reaches a decision point built into the process.
When we get the green light to continue, it’s not automatic, it’s intentional.
It means the impact is clear, the momentum is real, and there’s more to build.
In this case, her team felt the difference.
She experienced the shift herself.
And there was a clear decision to sustain the momentum rather than lose it.
That’s the signal.
When development moves fast enough to be felt, organizations don’t pause it. They accelerate.
What this reinforces:
Insight is only valuable if it translates
Consistency is what builds credibility
Momentum is something you protect, not restart
Leadership presence is shaped in everyday moments, not big one.
When leaders integrate the work, the organization feels it.
EMPOWER
In another Leadership Program, a participant said to me during a breakout:
“This is on brand. I came in stressed, frazzled, and during this time with you I feel recharged in these sessions.”
That’s the work.
Not just delivering content, but shifting how leaders feel and show up in real time.
Because when a leader moves from reactive to grounded and then takes that out of the room, they are empowered to redesign their own state.
What this reinforces:
State drives behavior
Energy is contagious in a room
Connection creates the conditions for real learning
You can’t separate development from experience. The experience is the development.
RESULTS
When you bring together safety, challenge, and real-time application, results follow.
Leaders are more intentional in how they engage
Teams experience stronger trust and connection
Conversations become more direct, productive, and real
Decisions are made with greater clarity and alignment
One participant named it clearly, the level of safety in the room allowed for a depth of interaction and connection she hadn’t experienced before.
That’s not a “nice to have.”
That’s what drives performance.
What this reinforces:
Psychological safety accelerates results, not slows them down
Real-time application creates immediate return
Leadership development should be felt, not just understood
It’s some March magic, and mostly intentionality.