by Tony Zampella | Jul 20, 2026 | Learning/Coaching
A client, Kathy, arrives at a coaching session exhausted. “I know exactly what I need to do,” she says. “I just can’t seem to do it.” The coaching conversation quickly turns toward goals, accountability, habits, and confidence. Together, coach and client begin...
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 | 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 | Jul 30, 2018 | Communication
Collaboration is the buzzword in our business culture. Leaders, team members, managers, and coaches all want us to collaborate. Interestingly, the term seems to engender immediate agreement. But what does it mean to collaborate? Even more importantly, what does it...
by Tony Zampella | Mar 13, 2017 | Leadership
What happens when Uber CEO, Travis Kalanick finds himself running a company with a spate of sexual assault charges; is captured via dash cam video berating one of his drivers; is forced by customers “deleting his company’s app” to resign from a brief stint on the...
