Category: Leadership
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The Week Behind and the Week Ahead
Do you ever get last-minute emails from your boss on Friday? The ones that drop in just as you are heading out the door? Or even worse – messages that you read on Sunday morning, and they mess up your whole day? Well, here is a great “manage up” strategy to prevent those last-minute communications.
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Roaring Fires in the Night Sky
We went camping a few weekends ago, and I’m pretty good at building campfires, but it’s close to impossible to build a good fire with bad wood.Fortunately, our sad, smoky little fire was rescued by two pairs of gentlemen on two separate occasions. With their tattoos and camos, they appeared to be the opposite of…
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Going One Step Beyond Crucial Conversations
Reading the book Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High changed my life. My awareness was increased and I gained more tools, but I was still getting tripped up and triggered by my ideas of what others should do, what they should believe, and how they should behave. That’s when I knew I…
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Let Go of the Rock, Revisited
When we clutch and cling to what we treasure, our tightly closed fist prevents us from accepting anything more, and it can also prevent our moving forward with ease and freedom.Listen in (or read on) for a short, sweet story about a child who learned to open her fist, which, in turn, opened my eyes…
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Which Do You Choose: Your Own Needs or the Good of the Whole?
It’s not important to determine if you’re an individual or if you’re someone more focused on the good of the whole. The important work is about awareness – what the situation in front of you needs most, in that moment. Listen in to learn how to move between the two with ease.
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Are You Trying to Get Back on Track?
If you’re off track, you can try to get back on, but maybe it’s time to jump tracks and try out a whole new one.Sure, you can bring some of your experiences, learning, and history with you – but you can also let a whole bunch go…
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Empowering Others Through Questions
Is it easy for you to come up with a quick answer to solve other people’s problems? It is for me, too. The challenge is that I’m offering them a solution that’s a good fit for me, but it’s not necessarily a good fit for them.The empowering work is to ask people simple questions that…
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Hey, Stop Ya Crying … Or Not
Do you get rattled when you are giving someone feedback, and they start crying? Do you immediately get distracted from the message you were delivering and get to work trying to stop the tears? Well, guess what? That’s not your job. Listen in here and change your perspective on what your role is when someone…
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Get Much More from Your Strategic Planning
Does your organization avoid strategic planning because it is time-intensive, labor-intensive and a little scary? Listen in to find out how my strategic planning process actually helps your team learn new ways to communicate, engage in conflict, and solve complex problems – all while developing a flexible and agile 5-year plan!
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Why It’s Better to Focus Your Feedback
How do you feel when you get an email that says, “If this doesn’t pertain to you, please disregard”? Many new clients tell me this is their strategy when trying to get one recipient to change their behavior. This blanket-messaging strategy causes high-performing staff to waste time. Here’s why…