by Lisa Kohn | Apr 18, 2019 | Thoughtful Leadership
Somehow, I think we’ve all created – and perpetuated – the myth that leaders need to be strong and infallible. That there can be no cracks in your armor or skeletons in your closet. That it’s best to look like you always have it together and aren’t ever questioning or...
by Lisa Kohn | Apr 11, 2019 | Management Skills
Recent research by Gallup shows that companies fail to hire the right person for a managerial position 82% of the time. That’s scary. “People don’t leave jobs, they leave managers.” This is what people say, and what we’ve seen in our years of experience. So if people...
by Lisa Kohn | Mar 21, 2019 | Thoughtful Leadership
I was on the phone with a client the other day, and he was detailing a situation at work that he was quite angry about. He explained all that had happened with his new boss, and how frustrated he was. He then asked me how he could get rid of his anger, so that it was...
by Lisa Kohn | Mar 14, 2019 | Thoughtful Leadership
Bottom line – we all want to be happy. As we lead our lives, our organizations, our teams, or our families, we all want to be happy. And everyone around us wants this same thing. Well, according to David Steindl-Rast, a Catholic Benedictine monk, not only do we all...
by Lisa Kohn | Feb 21, 2019 | Thoughtful Leadership
Velcro for the bad and Teflon for the good. That is the way our brains have evolved over time, to protect us from the lion hiding behind the tree or the meteorite that might hit our planet. The problem is, there generally isn’t a lion hiding behind the tree, and if a...
