by Tony Zampella | Jun 15, 2026 | Learning/Coaching
Life unfolds through creative tension. The ancient Greeks captured this tension through two mythic figures: Apollo and Dionysus, both sons of Zeus (though born of different mothers: Leto and Semele, respectively). Popularized by Nietzsche in The Birth of Tragedy, the...
by Tony Zampella | Mar 11, 2024 | Wisdom
In the coaching field, “co-creating” refers to the collaborative process between the coach and client, in which both parties actively participate in shaping the coaching relationship, discovering ideas, setting goals, and designing strategies for growth and...
by Tony Zampella | Apr 17, 2023 | Mental Models
Coming Out of the closet as a gay man is a choice. Yet, making that choice requires considering several consequences. As a coach, the experience of coming out offers many lessons we can use to support people in living their truth. I contributed a chapter to the book...
by Tony Zampella | Aug 15, 2022 | Practice
Lately, the act of bearing witness has occurred to me as sacred and momentous. In my work with coaches, bearing witness can be an important coaching practice. Kristi Pikiewicz, in Psychology Today, shares that bearing witness can “obtain empathy and support, lighten...
by Tony Zampella | Jan 6, 2020 | Other
It happened 20 years ago this month. I was teaching graduate students full-time in organizational leadership, and one of my students made me an offer. He wanted to use some of our course work to expand leadership in his vast public healthcare network. Leaping from...
