I hope you can take some time off to recharge and reflect over the holidays so you can tackle the new year with intent and purpose! I’ve been using that sentence to sign off with my clients for the year, and thought I would share it to my followers here as well before I sign…
Month: December 2021
How can you make it an “us” problem?”
How can you make it an “us” problem? A theme I see in books about negotiations and difficult conversations is that approaching them with a zero-sum scarcity-based mindset of me vs. you can lead to sub-optimal results. An abundance non-zero-sum mindset can lead to win-win agreements which grow the pie so that everybody does better….
As 2021 winds down and you start to think ahead to next year, what do you want your proud accomplishment of 2022 to be? “
As 2021 winds down and you start to think ahead to next year, what do you want your proud accomplishment of 2022 to be? If you have an ambitious or challenging goal, there will never be a right time to start. You will never feel ready. So you just have to jump in. Once you…
In the latest edition of my biweekly newsletter, I build on a comment thread from one of my recent posts, where I grappled with how to tackle structural and systemic inequities while not losing sight of how I can help people today. “
In the latest edition of my biweekly newsletter, I build on a comment thread from one of my recent posts, where I grappled with how to tackle structural and systemic inequities while not losing sight of how I can help people today. I suggest a Both And approach where we: 1) Point out the inequities…
Awkward is not the same as inauthentic.”
Awkward is not the same as inauthentic. When people try something out of their comfort zone, it feels awkward and unnatural. And I’ve had clients tell me in such situations that they don’t want to be inauthentic, trying to be someone that they’re not. To me, this highlights the difference between doing and being. Doing…
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I’ve loved following the van life adventures of Mary Stanfield Hollendoner and her family over the last few years, and now you can read all of them in her newly published book!
How you do anything is how you do everything. It all matters. “
How you do anything is how you do everything. It all matters. Derek Sivers shared this observation in his book Hell Yeah or No, and it really resonated with me. His point was that each of our actions is a chance to demonstrate our character and our values. When we react out of defensiveness or…
Fascinating research including results showing that people evaluated competence, confidence and several other traits in one tenth of a second after seeing a face. The conscious brain does not function that fast, so that’s all unconscious processing, which means unconscious bias runs rampant. “
Fascinating research including results showing that people evaluated competence, confidence and several other traits in one tenth of a second after seeing a face. The conscious brain does not function that fast, so that’s all unconscious processing, which means unconscious bias runs rampant. If you are evaluating others for hiring or investing, how do you…
Your CEO is your culture.” “” “Patrick Pichette once said this at a fireside chat, and I continue to appreciate the pithy wisdom in that line. People look to the leader to demonstrate the values and priorities of the organization, which means What You Do Is Who You Are, as Ben Horowitz titled his book.”…
Your CEO is your culture.”
Your CEO is your culture. Patrick Pichette once said this at a fireside chat, and I continue to appreciate the pithy wisdom in that line. People look to the leader to demonstrate the values and priorities of the organization, which means What You Do Is Who You Are, as Ben Horowitz titled his book. I…