The Numina Blog
The Five Most Common Leadership Mistakes
There’s a lot of generic advice that circulates around becoming a strong leader: hire people smarter than you are, read autobiographies from major CEO’s, wake up at 5 am. While these can all help advance your skills as a leader, they aren’t particularly...
USE THIS PROCESS TO HONOR YOUR LIFE
People grow most when they hold their life to date as a thing of beauty. We get stuck in past versions of ourselves by clinging to mistakes we regret and ruing opportunities we missed. In the self-guided transformation retreat we have been developing, we include a...
From Stuck in the Past to Inspired by It
We have been developing a transformation retreat that people can do in their own space. Typically, when a person goes on a retreat—whether facilitated in person or self-guided—they transition into the next chapter of their lives. So it is important to know how we get...
Is Your God Judging You?
What motivates people is connected to their highest values. And, often, what holds them back too. As a coach, leader or friend, there are times when to really help someone you want to explore what is most sacred to them. In this piece, we will explore how to enter the...
This 4-Step Meeting Format Will Keep You Engaged
The average executive now spends over 23 hours a week in online meetings. We’ve all been trapped in meetings that seem to do little more than catch people on past events or hand out gold stars. As a steady diet, that gets boring…fast! Which is why we...
Peer-Coaching is Key to a Leadership Development Program that Lasts
Companies have spent billions of dollars on traditional leadership development programs, including leadership trainings, employee workshops, retreats, and other one-shot techniques to improve performance. This may briefly change employee behavior, but the improvements...
David Lesser
Founder CEO
David is a social entrepreneur who believes the best way to change the world is to empower people to be more fully themselves. He has guided people and organizations through crucial transitions for over 35 years, acting as coach and confidant to CEOs and senior executives aspiring to the highest levels of personal growth.