We’ve all got examples of bad meetings. Whether they disrespect the time boundaries set up at the beginning, or they go down rabbit holes to topics not on the agenda, meetings aren’t typically something people look forward to. One common theme we hear about is the lack of engagement and meaningful connection taking place in …
Getting to the other side of a conflict can bring tremendous relief. Or it can leave you feeling unsettled. Maybe shaken by the whole experience. Regardless of how you’re feeling in the aftermath, it’s over. There can be some nasty unintended consequences from it. So what now? How do you move forward? What conflict? One …
You know those conversations you dread having because you just don’t know how the other person is going to react? Or you don’t want them to react a certain way? Or you just can’t seem to get them to see things from your perspective? Those conversations require a little more planning. Let’s talk about six …
I can’t stand insincerity. Give it to me straight, every single time. And the thing about most people? They can smell insincerity a mile away, too. We are really good at noticing what people are doing. We’re even better at noticing what they are not doing. I’m not exactly sure why that is… social conditioning? …
“The greatest storytellers can tell the same story many different ways. The manner in which you tell the story should depend solely on two things. Who are you talking to? And what are you trying to make them feel?” These profound words were shared by a legend from my community organizing career, may he Rest …
There are literally millions of articles, books and videos about how to build your confidence. They all seem to share a common theme—an assumption that we all build confidence the same way. But we don’t. Confidence is tied to your input channels, which are tied to your hard-wiring. Nearly everyone has at least one input …
We’ve been unable to interact on a daily basis with anyone other than those in our household for nearly a year now. Even people who have remained at work in person for most of this time have experienced some changes. For all of our clients, work has taken place mostly from home. I’ve noticed two …
We’ve all heard it before. Some variation on seeing things from someone else’s perspective is part of our narrative from childhood—shifting your paradigm, walking in someone else’s shoes, or looking through binoculars to see what someone else is seeing. Pick your cliché. But what does it look like in action and do we really even …
I enjoy some motivational quotes (not all). I’ve noticed the appearance of female-themed “boss” paraphernalia in stores that sell that kind of thing. Most of it is pink, which is not a color in my palette. Aside from the color issue, the sayings made me uneasy in a way I couldn’t quite put my finger …
My 14-year old spent the first semester doing school through a virtual program. This meant a whole lot of self-guided study. It was asynchronous learning. While there was a mentor teacher available to him, she had 150 other students to oversee and if he wasn’t reaching out, he flew under her radar most of the …
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