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How virtual leadership can be more meaningful and authentic leadership
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,...
Is there an opportunity to change and grow?
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,...
Stop lying to yourself – self-care is the number one leadership priority
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,...
There is opportunity within
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...
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