When working with a difficult personality, we can spend a lot of time and energy wishing they would be different: more professional, less defensive, more open, more willing to listen to others, less angry, etc. We may have an image of the person we wish they were and get frustrated and annoyed when they don’t…
Month: November 2019
I love using an analogy with clients that when you have too many balls in the air, pay attention to which balls are rubber and which are glass. Not all of the tasks on your plate have equal consequences, and it is a good idea to pay more attention to the tasks with irreversible consequences if something goes wrong (the glass balls). Alternatively, you can think of glass balls as being the tasks that only you can do, whereas rubber balls being ones you can delegate to others because even if they do drop them, it’s going to be okay. “
I love using an analogy with clients that when you have too many balls in the air, pay attention to which balls are rubber and which are glass. Not all of the tasks on your plate have equal consequences, and it is a good idea to pay more attention to the tasks with irreversible consequences…
I love the idea of the “dark side” of positive traits e.g. thriftiness can become penny-pinching if taken too far, or boldness can become brashness. I first saw this idea in The Critical Few, by Jon Katzenbach and others described at https://lnkd.in/guH34zN and “
I love the idea of the “dark side” of positive traits e.g. thriftiness can become penny-pinching if taken too far, or boldness can become brashness. I first saw this idea in The Critical Few, by Jon Katzenbach and others described at https://lnkd.in/guH34zN and Rich Litvin talks about this as well in the context of coaching…