Mariposa Celebrates 25 Years in Business
Executive Leadership Coaching in high demand, Mariposa Leadership, Inc. brings on four new coaches and celebrates 25 years in business San Francisco, CA, December 2021 — While some businesses pulled back on leadership development during the pandemic, many continued to use executive coaches to support high-level leaders as they navigated through unprecedented uncertainty. “We continue […]
Five Tips for Setting Boundaries in a Hybrid Workplace
I recently reflected on an executive leadership coaching panel discussion on the topic “Lines in the Sand: Setting Boundaries in Today’s Global, Always-On Workplace.” The similarities in perceptions between working hybrid or remotely and an “always-on” environment are striking. And the expectations are as well. The lines between when we clock in and check out […]
Let’s Leave the Armor Off, for Good
A personal perspective on leading differently in the next pandemic transition We have choices as we emerge from the pandemic: We can go back to what now seems like an unsustainable pre-Covid frenetic pace, or we can use this next pandemic transition phase to start afresh, to have different kinds of conversations with our teams (and ourselves). […]
Talent Management and Post-Pandemic Rules
As executive coaches working with high-tech leaders in the San Francisco Bay Area we hear many opinions, ideas, and theories about the post-pandemic work world, especially as it relates to a notion of “new normal”. As such, I wanted to share this particular article, “The Post-Pandemic Rules of Talent Management”, published in Harvard Business Review. […]
What Leaders Are Facing in the Pandemic
COVID-19 is bringing about a cultural transformation that will have lasting effects. In many ways, we have lost what is familiar but also gained new opportunities for possibility. While we all experience this pandemic differently, perhaps now is the time to rethink how these new and improved ways of working together through digital interactions create […]
SFBT Top LGBTQ-Owned Business
The San Francisco Business Times has named Mariposa Leadership, Inc. to its Top 50 list of “Largest LGBTQ-Owned Businesses” in the Greater Bay Area. Ranking at number 35, Mariposa is the only executive leadership coaching company listed in the publication’s recent survey. For over 24 years, Mariposa has been known as a community of learners […]
How to Be Leaderly in Utter Uncertainty (and what behaviors to focus on in this current coronavirus situation)
How HR and business leaders coach their teams in uncertain times by Sue Bethanis, CEO/Founder of Mariposa, [email protected], @suebethanis Like you, I have been flooded the last three days with news and emails about coronavirus precautions. To allay my own anxiety, I spent much of this last weekend reading, and today, I am writing because […]
On “3 Ways #MeToo Will Influence the Business World in 2018”
In the wake of recent scandals and controversy sparking the #MeToo movement, there is growing pressure on organizations to reveal more about their cultures and workplace practices. What does this mean for leadership in 2018? In a recent Inc. article “3 Ways #MeToo Will Influence the Business World in 2018,” Spencer Rascoff, Zillow Group CEO, argues […]