by Janelle Roker | Dec 10, 2025 | Business, Career Transition, Change, Coaching, Creativity, Goals, Leadership
It’s that time of year again when I invite you to look ahead to 2026 in a slightly unconventional way. Let’s be honest, 2025 has been a whirlwind for business leaders: organizational shifts, economic uncertainty, industry disruptions, and plenty of unexpected turns....
by Janelle Roker | Jul 6, 2025 | Change, Creativity, Leadership
Fluent I would like to live Like a river flows, Carried away by the surprise Of its own unfolding. -John O’Donohue As an executive coach in Omaha, I often reflect on the metaphors that nature gives us, and few are as powerful as the river. Waterways like rivers,...
by Janelle Roker | Feb 24, 2023 | Fear
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.” – Marianne Williams, A Return to Love Do you worry you don’t know everything and...
by Janelle Roker | Sep 24, 2022 | Coaching, Leadership
As a leader, it can be frustrating when a member of your team seems to be holding back. You know they have so much potential but getting them to see that and step into it seems impossible. Imposter Syndrome might be what’s holding them back. Merriam-Webster defines it...
by Janelle Roker | Jun 19, 2022 | Change, Fear
“Those who won our independence . . . valued liberty as an end and as a means. They believed liberty to be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty.” – Lois D. Brandeis What do you think of the 4th of July? I’m a history nerd...