Leadership thinking, coaching insights, and ideas worth sitting with — from Amy Hutchinson, MBA.
CoachingMay 2026
The Coaching Mindset: Your Team's Greatest Untapped Multiplier
Managers stretched thin, caught in a loop of solving, deciding, directing — and wondering why their teams still didn't feel fully engaged. Here's what I believe: that loop isn't a people problem. It's a mindset problem.
We spend so much time in our heads — building spreadsheets, running scenarios, seeking external validation — that we forget we carry an internal intelligence that has been quietly pattern-matching every experience we've ever lived through.
The Optimism Habit: Rewiring Your Explanatory Style
Most people think optimism is a personality trait. Science says it's a habit of thought — and you can change it. The shift from "I always mess this up" to "That didn't work this time" isn't denial. It's accuracy.
That's what bad feedback does. It doesn't just miss — it lands. It sticks. It quietly shapes what people believe is possible for themselves. Most bad feedback doesn't come from bad people. It comes from people who were never taught a better way.