Field Notes
Insights, learnings, and reflections from the journey
Here you’ll find reflections, tools, and stories to support your leadership journey—from strategy insights and podcast episodes to thought-provoking questions and upcoming workshops.
It’s all designed to help you grow with intention, lead with clarity, and gather what you need—right when you need it. Looking for something different? Get in touch.
25-Day Calendar of Leadership Reflection Questions
Explore our reflection questions designed to help you and your team slow down, reconnect, and prevent burnout. Originally part of our Winter Wayfinding series, these soft, restorative prompts guide you through grounding, growth, and connection.
The New Terrain with UnBurnt: Leading with Energy, Empathy & Awareness
The New Terrain is a collaborative series from Gather + Grow and UnBurnt, created for leaders navigating fast-moving, ever-shifting environments. This series opens a thoughtful space to explore how awareness, empathy, and energy shape the way we lead — and the cultures we create.
The New Terrain: Leadership in a Changing World
The New Terrain is a fireside chat series created by Gather + Grow in collaboration with Beautiful Soup, designed to explore how leadership is evolving in the face of rapid global, cultural, and technological change.
7 Types of Rest for Leaders
It’s easy to default to pushing through. But we’ve seen how leadership rooted in urgency burns out not just individuals, but entire cultures.
Rest isn’t separate from the work. It is the work.
🌿 New on WILD Walks: Feedback and the Wind
For leaders exploring aligned action — moving from busyness to clarity through rhythm, reflection, and shared purpose.
WILD Walks: Aligned Action
For leaders exploring aligned action — moving from busyness to clarity through rhythm, reflection, and shared purpose.
WILD Walks: Locating yourself as a leader
For leaders noticing the energy they carry—and how it shapes the space around them.
WILD Walks: Climbing Back to Clarity
For leaders noticing the energy they carry—and how it shapes the space around them.
WILD Walks: Mangrove Wisdom
For leaders noticing the energy they carry—and how it shapes the space around them.
WILD Walks: Energy, Drama & the Echoes Around You
For leaders noticing the energy they carry—and how it shapes the space around them.
WILD Walks: The Wisdom of Dormancy
A guided walking meditation for leaders navigating emotional flatness and quiet seasons—exploring how stillness, too, is part of growth.
How to Prompt for Leaders: Tips for Gen AI (and Your Humans Too)
Discover how to unlock the true power of Generative AI by leading it like a team member. In this article, we explore practical tips for leaders to craft better prompts—by setting clear expectations, asking powerful questions, providing growth-focused feedback, and steering AI with the same energy, clarity, and curiosity you use to empower your people. Learn how to turn AI into a collaborative partner and elevate your leadership at the same time.
WILD Walks: Cooling the Hive - For leaders navigating urgency culture and unspoken expectations
Cooling the Hive is for the leaders who rarely pause—who move from task to task without noticing the emotional temperature they’re setting for their teams.
This 15-minute walking meditation uses the beehive as a metaphor for leadership culture, inviting you to shift from relentless production to intentional presence.
“You’re not just leading. You’re shaping climate.”
TRAIL MARKERS: Locating Yourself as a Leader
Trail Markers: Locating Yourself as a Leader
A short stop on your leadership path to pause, reflect, and reset.
This 10-minute mini workshop is a powerful entry point into the kind of reflective, practical leadership work we do at Gather and Grow.
