Author: emilyjpitman

Emily J. Pitman, ACC, CPCC COO of Concord Leadership Group | Co-Founder of Sidecar Advisors | Co-Director of Exactly What to Say® CoachingEmily J. Pitman is a leadership coach, writer, and lover of words who helps individuals and teams lead with clarity, creativity, and confidence. As COO of the Concord Leadership Group, she guides strategy, coaching programs, and leadership development for organizations around the world.Emily is also the Co-Founder of Sidecar Advisors and Co-Director of EWTS Coaching, where she helps build communities of coaches trained in both the International Coaching Federation (ICF) Core Competencies and Phil M. Jones’ Exactly What to Say® framework.A Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) and Associate Certified Coach (ACC), Emily blends curiosity, play, and purposeful reflection to help leaders uncover their natural creativity and bring more humanity into how they work and live.When she’s not coaching or training, Emily might be reading, quilting, walking in nature, hanging out with friends and family, or playing on her Nintendo Switch. She once even took an improv class—and counts it among her proudest adventures in learning to lead (and live) with play.She is available for coaching, coach training, and speaking engagements that invite people to rediscover the joy and creativity in leading well.
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    I’ve been slogging my way through a book called “The Wonder Paradox: Embracing the Weirdness of Existence and the Poetry of Our Lives” by Jennifer Michael Hecht. I’m not sure why it feels like a slog. There are moments of brilliant a-ha that keep me going and then times of “restful slow reading” (sleep). Plus…

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    Being Home

    I keep thinking about Home. As I drove to the grocery store today, I witnessed the tangled mess of trees and branches waiting for cleanup. Blue tarps draped over roofs signaling destruction had touched down a couple weeks ago. It is all so random. In one tenth of a mile, it looks ‘normal’ and then…