Nancy J Geenen
@nancygeenen.bsky.social
Award Winning CEO, Workplace Equity & Inclusion, Best-Selling Author: The Advantage of Other, Independent Board Director, Certified EOS Implementer
Earlier this year, I took a deeper look at how I’ve changed over the past decade. I revisited old personal assessment worksheets, answering them as if for the first time, and compared who I was then to who I am now.
December 12, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Earlier this year, I took a deeper look at how I’ve changed over the past decade. I revisited old personal assessment worksheets, answering them as if for the first time, and compared who I was then to who I am now.
#NancyTalks: pausing
I’ve had to learn that taking a pause, often when it’s not convenient, isn’t optional; it’s vital.
It’s not a luxury for when things slow down; it’s a requirement for staying oriented.
Pausing is a powerful tool that helps you deliver and perform at your best.
I’ve had to learn that taking a pause, often when it’s not convenient, isn’t optional; it’s vital.
It’s not a luxury for when things slow down; it’s a requirement for staying oriented.
Pausing is a powerful tool that helps you deliver and perform at your best.
December 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
#NancyTalks: pausing
I’ve had to learn that taking a pause, often when it’s not convenient, isn’t optional; it’s vital.
It’s not a luxury for when things slow down; it’s a requirement for staying oriented.
Pausing is a powerful tool that helps you deliver and perform at your best.
I’ve had to learn that taking a pause, often when it’s not convenient, isn’t optional; it’s vital.
It’s not a luxury for when things slow down; it’s a requirement for staying oriented.
Pausing is a powerful tool that helps you deliver and perform at your best.
Fresh perspectives…
The pressure to make December special often robs it of what makes it meaningful.
So this December, I'm trying something different. More presence. Less perfection. More truth.
How are you approaching the festive season this year?
The pressure to make December special often robs it of what makes it meaningful.
So this December, I'm trying something different. More presence. Less perfection. More truth.
How are you approaching the festive season this year?
December 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Fresh perspectives…
The pressure to make December special often robs it of what makes it meaningful.
So this December, I'm trying something different. More presence. Less perfection. More truth.
How are you approaching the festive season this year?
The pressure to make December special often robs it of what makes it meaningful.
So this December, I'm trying something different. More presence. Less perfection. More truth.
How are you approaching the festive season this year?
When I listen deeply, it feels like a gift – but it also takes more energy than people realize.
Leadership is often about this paradox: what strengthens us can also stretch us.
How do you protect your energy while giving your best as a leader?
Leadership is often about this paradox: what strengthens us can also stretch us.
How do you protect your energy while giving your best as a leader?
December 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
When I listen deeply, it feels like a gift – but it also takes more energy than people realize.
Leadership is often about this paradox: what strengthens us can also stretch us.
How do you protect your energy while giving your best as a leader?
Leadership is often about this paradox: what strengthens us can also stretch us.
How do you protect your energy while giving your best as a leader?
Fresh Perspectives
With AI automation reshaping industries faster than policies can adapt, the question isn’t whether to move forward, but rather how to move forward responsibly.
It requires balancing innovation with integrity.
How do you decide between fast or right?
With AI automation reshaping industries faster than policies can adapt, the question isn’t whether to move forward, but rather how to move forward responsibly.
It requires balancing innovation with integrity.
How do you decide between fast or right?
December 1, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Fresh Perspectives
With AI automation reshaping industries faster than policies can adapt, the question isn’t whether to move forward, but rather how to move forward responsibly.
It requires balancing innovation with integrity.
How do you decide between fast or right?
With AI automation reshaping industries faster than policies can adapt, the question isn’t whether to move forward, but rather how to move forward responsibly.
It requires balancing innovation with integrity.
How do you decide between fast or right?
#NancyTalks: listening
Every strong team I’ve worked with had one thing in common: someone willing to really listen. Not to respond, but to understand.
Listening changes the room; it shifts tension into connection, and from that place real work begins.
Every strong team I’ve worked with had one thing in common: someone willing to really listen. Not to respond, but to understand.
Listening changes the room; it shifts tension into connection, and from that place real work begins.
November 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
#NancyTalks: listening
Every strong team I’ve worked with had one thing in common: someone willing to really listen. Not to respond, but to understand.
Listening changes the room; it shifts tension into connection, and from that place real work begins.
Every strong team I’ve worked with had one thing in common: someone willing to really listen. Not to respond, but to understand.
Listening changes the room; it shifts tension into connection, and from that place real work begins.
Imagine trust as a bucket.
Some people start with it full, and every broken promise drains it. Others start empty, and every kept promise fills it.
Either way – every drop matters.
When it comes to trust, every little bit counts: www.nancygeenen.com/blog/2025/wh...
Some people start with it full, and every broken promise drains it. Others start empty, and every kept promise fills it.
Either way – every drop matters.
When it comes to trust, every little bit counts: www.nancygeenen.com/blog/2025/wh...
November 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Imagine trust as a bucket.
Some people start with it full, and every broken promise drains it. Others start empty, and every kept promise fills it.
Either way – every drop matters.
When it comes to trust, every little bit counts: www.nancygeenen.com/blog/2025/wh...
Some people start with it full, and every broken promise drains it. Others start empty, and every kept promise fills it.
Either way – every drop matters.
When it comes to trust, every little bit counts: www.nancygeenen.com/blog/2025/wh...
Reposted by Nancy J Geenen
Being kind boosts mental health more than seeking joy.
Evidence: Doing 3 random acts of kindness a week is enough to reduce depression, anxiety & loneliness. It's more beneficial than doing nice things for yourself.
Self-care feels good, but generosity builds lasting bonds.
Evidence: Doing 3 random acts of kindness a week is enough to reduce depression, anxiety & loneliness. It's more beneficial than doing nice things for yourself.
Self-care feels good, but generosity builds lasting bonds.
August 30, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Being kind boosts mental health more than seeking joy.
Evidence: Doing 3 random acts of kindness a week is enough to reduce depression, anxiety & loneliness. It's more beneficial than doing nice things for yourself.
Self-care feels good, but generosity builds lasting bonds.
Evidence: Doing 3 random acts of kindness a week is enough to reduce depression, anxiety & loneliness. It's more beneficial than doing nice things for yourself.
Self-care feels good, but generosity builds lasting bonds.
Fresh Perspectives
As the year draws to a close, I’ve been thinking about the qualities leaders will need most in 2026.
– Less perfectionism, more presence
– Less urgency, more understanding
– Less noise, more nuance
What would you add to this list?
As the year draws to a close, I’ve been thinking about the qualities leaders will need most in 2026.
– Less perfectionism, more presence
– Less urgency, more understanding
– Less noise, more nuance
What would you add to this list?
November 24, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Fresh Perspectives
As the year draws to a close, I’ve been thinking about the qualities leaders will need most in 2026.
– Less perfectionism, more presence
– Less urgency, more understanding
– Less noise, more nuance
What would you add to this list?
As the year draws to a close, I’ve been thinking about the qualities leaders will need most in 2026.
– Less perfectionism, more presence
– Less urgency, more understanding
– Less noise, more nuance
What would you add to this list?
#NancyTalks: trust
Trust is built in the quiet moments, in the follow-up call, in the pause before speaking, and in honesty when it’s uncomfortable.
We talk about trust as a foundation, but it’s more like breath – invisible, constant, essential.
Trust is built in the quiet moments, in the follow-up call, in the pause before speaking, and in honesty when it’s uncomfortable.
We talk about trust as a foundation, but it’s more like breath – invisible, constant, essential.
November 21, 2025 at 2:49 PM
#NancyTalks: trust
Trust is built in the quiet moments, in the follow-up call, in the pause before speaking, and in honesty when it’s uncomfortable.
We talk about trust as a foundation, but it’s more like breath – invisible, constant, essential.
Trust is built in the quiet moments, in the follow-up call, in the pause before speaking, and in honesty when it’s uncomfortable.
We talk about trust as a foundation, but it’s more like breath – invisible, constant, essential.
#NancyTalks: pace
Some of the most meaningful progress doesn’t come from moving faster. It comes from pausing long enough to see what truly matters.
In leadership, urgency can be seductive because it feels productive.
But wisdom often whispers. You only hear it when you slow down.
Some of the most meaningful progress doesn’t come from moving faster. It comes from pausing long enough to see what truly matters.
In leadership, urgency can be seductive because it feels productive.
But wisdom often whispers. You only hear it when you slow down.
November 19, 2025 at 4:58 PM
#NancyTalks: pace
Some of the most meaningful progress doesn’t come from moving faster. It comes from pausing long enough to see what truly matters.
In leadership, urgency can be seductive because it feels productive.
But wisdom often whispers. You only hear it when you slow down.
Some of the most meaningful progress doesn’t come from moving faster. It comes from pausing long enough to see what truly matters.
In leadership, urgency can be seductive because it feels productive.
But wisdom often whispers. You only hear it when you slow down.
#FreshPerspectives
1/2. The leaders who will thrive in 2026 will be the ones who ask the hardest questions, not those with the most answers.
In uncertain times, leadership isn’t about certainty; it’s about curiosity, humility and the courage to pause before reacting.
1/2. The leaders who will thrive in 2026 will be the ones who ask the hardest questions, not those with the most answers.
In uncertain times, leadership isn’t about certainty; it’s about curiosity, humility and the courage to pause before reacting.
November 17, 2025 at 4:28 PM
#FreshPerspectives
1/2. The leaders who will thrive in 2026 will be the ones who ask the hardest questions, not those with the most answers.
In uncertain times, leadership isn’t about certainty; it’s about curiosity, humility and the courage to pause before reacting.
1/2. The leaders who will thrive in 2026 will be the ones who ask the hardest questions, not those with the most answers.
In uncertain times, leadership isn’t about certainty; it’s about curiosity, humility and the courage to pause before reacting.
The temperature is just right; the smell of the ocean is briny; I hear the tide moving out; my dog is at my feet; and I have had a good breakfast.
So, what’s going on? It is one of those times when I am having a hard day …
So, what’s going on? It is one of those times when I am having a hard day …
November 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The temperature is just right; the smell of the ocean is briny; I hear the tide moving out; my dog is at my feet; and I have had a good breakfast.
So, what’s going on? It is one of those times when I am having a hard day …
So, what’s going on? It is one of those times when I am having a hard day …
#NancyTalks: redefining mastery
Mastery in leadership isn’t about knowing everything – it’s about practising the essentials until they shape how you show up every day.
It’s about courage. The courage to take the next step, even when the outcome isn’t guaranteed.
Mastery in leadership isn’t about knowing everything – it’s about practising the essentials until they shape how you show up every day.
It’s about courage. The courage to take the next step, even when the outcome isn’t guaranteed.
November 6, 2025 at 3:07 PM
#NancyTalks: redefining mastery
Mastery in leadership isn’t about knowing everything – it’s about practising the essentials until they shape how you show up every day.
It’s about courage. The courage to take the next step, even when the outcome isn’t guaranteed.
Mastery in leadership isn’t about knowing everything – it’s about practising the essentials until they shape how you show up every day.
It’s about courage. The courage to take the next step, even when the outcome isn’t guaranteed.
When you sit in a room and really listen, something shifts. People feel seen. They share what they truly mean – their worries, their hopes, their vision of what could be.
Over time, I’ve realized listening isn’t a soft skill. It’s strategy.
Over time, I’ve realized listening isn’t a soft skill. It’s strategy.
November 3, 2025 at 3:02 PM
When you sit in a room and really listen, something shifts. People feel seen. They share what they truly mean – their worries, their hopes, their vision of what could be.
Over time, I’ve realized listening isn’t a soft skill. It’s strategy.
Over time, I’ve realized listening isn’t a soft skill. It’s strategy.
#NancyTalks
Some evenings, when the house is still, I sit with nothing but a notebook and a pen. No noise, no screens, no deadlines – just my thoughts.
That quiet can feel heavy, but it’s also where clarity lives.
Some evenings, when the house is still, I sit with nothing but a notebook and a pen. No noise, no screens, no deadlines – just my thoughts.
That quiet can feel heavy, but it’s also where clarity lives.
October 31, 2025 at 2:34 PM
#NancyTalks
Some evenings, when the house is still, I sit with nothing but a notebook and a pen. No noise, no screens, no deadlines – just my thoughts.
That quiet can feel heavy, but it’s also where clarity lives.
Some evenings, when the house is still, I sit with nothing but a notebook and a pen. No noise, no screens, no deadlines – just my thoughts.
That quiet can feel heavy, but it’s also where clarity lives.
It’s early, and the sun is just beginning to rise. My cup of coffee is nearby, as the world is slowly coming into focus.
There’s something grounding about these small beginnings – they remind me that every day is a fresh chance to start again, to learn again, to lead again.
There’s something grounding about these small beginnings – they remind me that every day is a fresh chance to start again, to learn again, to lead again.
October 24, 2025 at 12:12 PM
It’s early, and the sun is just beginning to rise. My cup of coffee is nearby, as the world is slowly coming into focus.
There’s something grounding about these small beginnings – they remind me that every day is a fresh chance to start again, to learn again, to lead again.
There’s something grounding about these small beginnings – they remind me that every day is a fresh chance to start again, to learn again, to lead again.
Uncertainty is rarely comfortable. Markets shift, teams evolve, challenges arrive uninvited. What I’ve seen is that people don’t always need leaders with all the answers – they need leaders who can stand steady when the ground feels unsteady.
October 20, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Uncertainty is rarely comfortable. Markets shift, teams evolve, challenges arrive uninvited. What I’ve seen is that people don’t always need leaders with all the answers – they need leaders who can stand steady when the ground feels unsteady.
My book #TheAdvantageOfOther achieved bestseller status in two Amazon categories:
– Organizational learning
– Organizational change
Find it here: rb.gy/ibcen8
#Leadership #Book
– Organizational learning
– Organizational change
Find it here: rb.gy/ibcen8
#Leadership #Book
October 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
My book #TheAdvantageOfOther achieved bestseller status in two Amazon categories:
– Organizational learning
– Organizational change
Find it here: rb.gy/ibcen8
#Leadership #Book
– Organizational learning
– Organizational change
Find it here: rb.gy/ibcen8
#Leadership #Book
I recently attended a workshop on a really fun “field manual” for solving business challenges at a recent three-day @thewpo.bsky.social retreat for the organization’s high-level Platinum VI advisory group.
October 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I recently attended a workshop on a really fun “field manual” for solving business challenges at a recent three-day @thewpo.bsky.social retreat for the organization’s high-level Platinum VI advisory group.
#FromNancysDesk
I spent so many years trying to be someone else, in so many ways. It took me a long time to figure out who my best self truly is. What I discovered was that I wasn’t defined by a fancy title or a list of accomplishments.
I looked inside and learned to love me just as I am.
I spent so many years trying to be someone else, in so many ways. It took me a long time to figure out who my best self truly is. What I discovered was that I wasn’t defined by a fancy title or a list of accomplishments.
I looked inside and learned to love me just as I am.
October 10, 2025 at 11:59 AM
#FromNancysDesk
I spent so many years trying to be someone else, in so many ways. It took me a long time to figure out who my best self truly is. What I discovered was that I wasn’t defined by a fancy title or a list of accomplishments.
I looked inside and learned to love me just as I am.
I spent so many years trying to be someone else, in so many ways. It took me a long time to figure out who my best self truly is. What I discovered was that I wasn’t defined by a fancy title or a list of accomplishments.
I looked inside and learned to love me just as I am.
#FromNancysDesk
Creating independence through mentoring and coaching is the best job ever, because I get to watch teams build trust and grow personally and professionally.
What gives you the greatest joy in your job?
Creating independence through mentoring and coaching is the best job ever, because I get to watch teams build trust and grow personally and professionally.
What gives you the greatest joy in your job?
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
#FromNancysDesk
Creating independence through mentoring and coaching is the best job ever, because I get to watch teams build trust and grow personally and professionally.
What gives you the greatest joy in your job?
Creating independence through mentoring and coaching is the best job ever, because I get to watch teams build trust and grow personally and professionally.
What gives you the greatest joy in your job?
#NancyTalks: failing forward
Failure isn’t the end of leadership – it’s the practice ground for wisdom.
Every leader stumbles. The difference between those who falter and those who grow is how they respond.
Failure reveals blind spots, exposes assumptions, and demands resilience.
Failure isn’t the end of leadership – it’s the practice ground for wisdom.
Every leader stumbles. The difference between those who falter and those who grow is how they respond.
Failure reveals blind spots, exposes assumptions, and demands resilience.
October 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
#NancyTalks: failing forward
Failure isn’t the end of leadership – it’s the practice ground for wisdom.
Every leader stumbles. The difference between those who falter and those who grow is how they respond.
Failure reveals blind spots, exposes assumptions, and demands resilience.
Failure isn’t the end of leadership – it’s the practice ground for wisdom.
Every leader stumbles. The difference between those who falter and those who grow is how they respond.
Failure reveals blind spots, exposes assumptions, and demands resilience.
In a quiet moment today, I noticed the empty chair across the table. It made me think about the people who aren’t always in the room – but whose perspectives still matter deeply.
October 6, 2025 at 3:34 PM
In a quiet moment today, I noticed the empty chair across the table. It made me think about the people who aren’t always in the room – but whose perspectives still matter deeply.
Over the many years that I’ve worked as an entrepreneur, leadership coach and strategic facilitator, I’ve come up with a daily action plan that helps keep me focused and on track.
I’m sharing it with you: brnw.ch/21wWbGY
I’m sharing it with you: brnw.ch/21wWbGY
September 29, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Over the many years that I’ve worked as an entrepreneur, leadership coach and strategic facilitator, I’ve come up with a daily action plan that helps keep me focused and on track.
I’m sharing it with you: brnw.ch/21wWbGY
I’m sharing it with you: brnw.ch/21wWbGY