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In these extraordinary and challenging times, we are focusing the Thoughtful Leaders Blog on topics that we hope will be most helpful now, such as: self-care, mindfulness, teaming and communicating virtually, moving through fear and uncertainty, and, as always,...
Are you ticking off your boss?
We all like to think we’re doing our best and making our best impressions, especially on our boss (or our boss’s boss). This is one good impression worth making. But, in reality, there are simple, seemingly innocuous, things we might do – that we sometimes...
Where you are is where you are…and it’s the first step to where you want to go
“Everyone who got to where they are had to begin where they were.” ~Richard Paul Evans Years ago, someone I greatly respected shared a personal development concept with me that is life-changing (and that I’m, if I’m honest, still trying to wrap my head fully around)....
How to lead Thoughtfully in these times of fear and uncertainty
How does one lead Thoughtfully right now – in these times of fear and uncertainty that seem to change not just day-by-day but minute-by-minute? Honestly, I don’t really know. I won’t claim to in any way have the answer. I don’t think there is only one answer. I will...
Know what’s required
“It’s not enough we do our best; sometimes we have to do what’s required.” ~Sir Winston Churchill I’ve mentioned in an earlier Thoughtful Minute when Maria, in The Sound of Music, sings that she needs to do better than her best. I’ve always found this an interesting...
The conversation you’re avoiding – and why and how to have it
Today I had a conversation with someone I have not spoken to in over 15 years. She was a friend who became an ex-friend after a perceived slight. I didn’t fully understand what I did so many years ago, but I moved on and gave up trying to make amends. So I was...
Is your communication more like Ping Pong?
“Most communication resembles a Ping-Pong game in which people are merely preparing to slam their next point across; but pausing to understand differing points of view and associated feelings can turn apparent opponents into true members of the same team.” ~Cliff...
Four ways we sabotage our own leadership
You’ve read all the latest leadership articles. You’ve attended a few classes and training programs. You’ve even set goals around your leadership, based on all you’ve heard. But no one seems to truly view you as a leader, or even listen to you. And you don’t know why....
Thoughtful leaders invite questions
“The important thing is not to stop questioning.” ~Albert Einstein I would have liked to have met Albert Einstein. I think he’s cool. And not just because of his hair. I love that he was such a brilliant man, and yet when he was a child teachers thought he was stupid...
The Thoughtful Leadership lessons I’ve learned from being still this week
For a very long time now, I’ve had a love-hate relationship with skiing. We started skiing as a family when my kids were young, and it was glorious, wonderful, hilarious family time. I’ve never really loved it though. Skiing as wonderful family time became less true...
You are the problem. Here’s why and what to do about it.
"Your problem isn't the problem. Your reaction is the problem." ~Anonymous I was talking to my kid about this earlier this morning during our run. I was acknowledging how I can still get caught fighting against something that’s going on in my life, as if pushing...
The benefits of wiping the slate clean
Recently a client was grappling with a difficult work relationship and trying to figure out how to move forward more effectively with this colleague. There was a lot of history between them, a history riddled with misperceptions, rigid beliefs about each other, broken...
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