The following is adapted from Move Fast. Break Shit. Burn Out, by Shannon Lucas and Tracey Lovejoy. Catalysts don’t have super strength, though we sometimes try to carry more weight than we should. The truth is much simpler and more extraordinary than all of that: we’re doing the things that every organization values in a changemaker. […]

Why Did You Become an Entrepreneur, Speaker, Author, Etc. in the First Place? I didn’t set out with the goal to become an entrepreneur. I had jumped into a coaching course to support my leadership practice, and quickly realized coaching was a calling. This was wildly disruptive for me. Becoming an entrepreneur felt like something […]

Why Did You Become an Entrepreneur, Speaker, Author, Etc. in the First Place? Like many Catalysts, I have moved in and out of corporate roles, startups, starting my own companies. I’ve gone wherever the next most interesting challenge or opportunity arose. I feel so fortunate to be able to start this global Catalyst movement with […]

After spending time focusing on the challenges shared by all Catalysts. In this post we are going to deep dive into the challenges of Catalysts who are trying to LEAD others through the 3 most common mistakes of Catalytic leaders. When I met Anika she was in a state of paralysis because she had so […]

Self-doubt and questioning myself. If everyone here thinks things are OK, maybe it is me? I feel like I don’t fit in. Others may see me as ‘one thing is not like the other’. When I ask questions people look at me like I’m crazy. I see a bigger story. I am connecting pieces. I […]

Are you a Catalyst? Let’s discuss Six Telltale Signs. “As a catalyst I come into a situation, seeing what is there, bringing some of my own thoughts in, but holding back and seeing lots of different elements and allowing my mind to be big enough to swirl in it to come to some ideas and […]

I remember the first time Tracey told me about Catalysts. It was one of those impactful moments that happen in life where your brain decides to sear in the memory. When a moment of self-awareness is really driven home. I was sitting outside at Starbucks on Broadway Avenue in Burlingame, CA. I remember the “click” […]