How to Accept an Apology
Stephen M.R. Covey, author of Leading at the Speed of Trust, has a great saying: "You can't talk your way out of something you behaved your way into."Read that again.Pretty...
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The Four Stages of Psychological Safety
In 1986, the Chernobyl power plant suffered a major disaster that directly killed 31 people and is estimated to have indirectly killed over 4000. While the plant itself possessed an...
Trust…Exciting and New
Love, exciting and newCome aboard, we're expecting you.Love, life's sweetest reward.Let it flow, it floats back to you.Songwriters - Fox Charles / Williams Paul H How many of you just sang...
Further and Faster
Earlier this month, SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management), reported that 4.5 Million people in the United States quit their jobs in November 2021, slightly up from the 4.2 Million...
The Problem with Passion
Needing some space to vent, as we occasionally do, this week I had the pleasure of providing such space to a client, who felt nothing less than compelled, to perform...
A Birthday View
I completed another trip around the sun this week. I'm inching my way to the BIG half century mark, and truth-be-told, that has me feeling a little like I'm hanging...
But what if it really WAS what it looked like?
Poof! Here we are again!The holiday season has concluded, the slowest week of the year (for some) is over, and we have just ushered in another new year. Depending on...
Final Pieces in the Emotional Intelligence Puzzle
For the past two weeks we have been discussing Self-Awareness and Self-Management, two of the Four Dimensions of Emotional Intelligence, as originally popularized by Dr. Daniel Goleman. If you missed it, click those...
“And I’m Managing…And I’m Managing…”
In preparation for the Most Wonderful Time of the Year, last week we began looking at the Four Dimensions of Emotional Intelligence, as originally popularized by Dr. Daniel Goleman.We explored the...
Intelligently Carving the Roast Beast
The ushering in of the holiday season is filled with joy, laughter and an overabundance of calories and great times. In the same respect, the holidays can also bring all of...