Don’t assume you know how to help. One of my pet peeves is when people tell me what I should do. Normally, this is because they did something that worked for them, and they want to tell me I should also do it. They may have the best of intentions in wanting to help me,…
Month: April 2022
Experience Lab is doing amazing work in building a bridge from college to career, and this is an important new step in that bridge by creating a win-win experience, where companies get pre-vetted and trained college graduates, and students get a defined path to a full-time job. “
Experience Lab is doing amazing work in building a bridge from college to career, and this is an important new step in that bridge by creating a win-win experience, where companies get pre-vetted and trained college graduates, and students get a defined path to a full-time job. If you’re in an HR or hiring role…
“Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t…you’re right!” “
“Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t…you’re right!” — Henry Ford I’ve been sharing this quote with a few clients recently, as our brains are designed to find evidence to support what we have already decided. So once we experiment with changing our “decision”, we can find new possibilities that were not…
oof. “Wanting doesn’t equal willing.””
oof. “Wanting doesn’t equal willing.” A succinct articulation of why we often don’t do what we say we want to do. Being willing means making tradeoffs of what it actually takes to get what we want, as this list of questions illustrates.
In his book The Advantage, Patrick Lencioni says “The single greatest advantage any company can achieve is organizational health…when its management, operations, strategy, and culture fit together and make sense.” Yet very few organizations actually achieve such health, as it requires conscious attention from leaders to identify and correct misalignments. “
In his book The Advantage, Patrick Lencioni says “The single greatest advantage any company can achieve is organizational health…when its management, operations, strategy, and culture fit together and make sense.” Yet very few organizations actually achieve such health, as it requires conscious attention from leaders to identify and correct misalignments. I’m putting together a talk…
Live your values. “
Live your values. A few of my clients are facing difficult professional situations where it’s impossible to predict what will happen. When one of them started trying to game-plan out their strategy based on all the possibilities, they quickly became overwhelmed. So I suggested to consider instead how they wanted to show up as a…
I loved this HBR article from Lily Zheng with specific language on how leaders can apologize while making a commitment to do better after they fall short in Diversity, Equity or Inclusion. “
I loved this HBR article from Lily Zheng with specific language on how leaders can apologize while making a commitment to do better after they fall short in Diversity, Equity or Inclusion. https://lnkd.in/g2irdmDi
This looks like a great list of books about culture. Of the ones I’ve read, my favorites are Thinking in Systems by Donella Meadows and Time to Think by Nancy Kline. “
This looks like a great list of books about culture. Of the ones I’ve read, my favorites are Thinking in Systems by Donella Meadows and Time to Think by Nancy Kline. Toby Sinclair I’d add What You Do is Who You Are, by Ben Horowitz, as I think that captures the most important principle of…
Look for what’s not there.”
Look for what’s not there. It’s easy to be jealous of somebody who has something that you want and don’t have. One might even call it an evolved part of human nature in that ancestors that grew too satisfied or content were outcompeted by the perpetual strivers. But we rarely consider the reverse question of…
I often find it frustrating and even embarrassing how easily I can get hooked into these loops, even as a trained coach. I guess I am human!” “” “Still working on the practice they recommend of letting my body fully process emotions rather than interrupting to reinforce the thoughts that triggered the emotion.