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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...
Motivation is an internal job
“You can take people as far as they will go, not as far as you would like them to go.” ~Jeanette Rankin We know how others should act. We know what they need to do. We know, often without a shadow of doubt, the best plans for their future and personal development. The...
Five questions to ask before accepting that meeting request
I have been out of the regular daily office scene for over a decade now, and there are a few new things in today’s workplaces that I would probably have a hard time with – one of them is open office space. As someone who values my quiet time to think through an issue,...
Why you must make time to look back to understand
“Life must be lived forwards, but can only be understood backwards.” ~Søren Kierkegaard I was on a coaching call with a client the other day, and we were discussing a decision they had made a few months ago about which job to take. “It was a hard choice,” they said to...
Five simple ways to find (or create) inspiration
Autumn is a time of year when some of us are more excited and inspired to jump into action and aim for our goals. The start of the “school year” still gets some of us going. This is my usual frame of mind. It’s also the time of year when some of us shut down, or want...
One of the secrets of a happy life
“One of the secrets of a happy life is continuous small treats.” ~Iris Murdoch Life is a series of moments. Of a “now.” And a “now.” And a “now.” We can get so caught up in the future we’re aiming for – the project that needs to be completed, the presentation next...
Why tough conversations are so tough to have – and what to do about it
I think it’s something we all have in common. There are simply some conversations we don’t want to or don’t know how to have, and so we either avoid the conversations (or the person/people we should be having the conversations with), plunge into the conversations...
Predict the future by creating it
“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” ~Abraham Lincoln We partner with our clients as they think and plan strategically – creating safe space and facilitating conversations so that leadership teams can question and evaluate their current practices,...
How safe are you from people who push your buttons?
We all have them. The people who push our buttons. Who set us off just by looking at us or saying one word or even just entering the room. The colleague who never seems to take on his share of the work. The team member who seems to have a reason why she can’t be in...
There is opportunity within
“In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.” ~Albert Einstein There is a great deal of difficulty around these days. It’s hard to find a newspaper article that is not about trouble and challenge. Everyone I talk with seems determined to share with me the...
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