Extending grace offers new pathways. When you can remain curious during challenging times, keeping an open mind and an open heart, a new space for trust emerges. The world is not either/or. The mindset necessary to traverse great divides in opinion, perspective, and beliefs is a tricky balance of suspending what you believe long enough to consider an alternate point of view. Are you…
The biggest opportunity to build trust is when there’s a break or absence of trust. What? It’s true. When there’s a break, disagreement, or conflict of any sort we all cringe. No one looks forward to conflict, healthy or not. And yet, it’s the single greatest opportunity to build trust, repair the relationship, gain deeper understanding of the situation and each other, as well as become more trustworthy. Why don’t we embrace the opportunity? …
Whenever I find myself triggered by an event, I know there’s learning available for me. If I bypass the opportunity to evaluate my reaction, I become a victim of whatever happened and can guarantee the next time a similar event occurs, I’ll react again – only it will be stronger and more automatic. If I’m aware enough and can sit in my discomfort, not rationalizing it away, there…
As leaders you’re tasked with two things: leading people and managing results. If you can do both well, you are the magician most of us want on our team. Any given day, you can defer to the easier of the two given your skillset. Certainly results, when mostly attainable from our own actions, are easier. When you begin to coordinate with the actions of others, well, that’s when…
Everyone wants the secret ingredient to achieving remarkable results. Whether at home or work, it’s the same thing. Alignment. When everyone is on the same page and working towards a common goal, amazing things happen. Most often, it’s easier and more fun than expected because of your alignment. Simply stated: Alignment offers numerous benefits, including better results, exceptional candidates, efficient actions, a positive culture, and a team who has fun…
Practicing is a lost art. In a world of instant gratification, many have forgotten the value of practicing. Being a beginner, feeling frustration with what seems like a vast divide between where you are and where you want to be. The benefit of doing the work without immediate gratification, trusting the process, and believing in the void of evidence that it will…
Change management. It’s a topic that comes up all the time with my clients. When they talk about it, I’m always curious to ask, “what do you mean by change management?” Most often, they talk about the pace of change, the rate at which their team needs to learn to adapt to all that’s happening in the business, the new processes or systems, the changes in…
Is it really failure when things don’t work? Often, we look at the lack of results we intended as a failure, when perhaps it’s something more. I am a learner; I often refer to myself as a lifelong learner. I value reading, learning organically and in workshops, from digital sources and books, and really any challenge to my thinking is welcomed unless I’m overtired. So why do I forget amidst the lack of…
Opportunity cost. It’s always there. When you say “YESS!” to something, you say “no” to many others. Too often, we disregard what the costs actually are. When you’re overscheduled, there is no space. No space for opportunity, spontaneity, things to go wrong or things to emerge. You’ve planned it all away and it becomes more difficult and chaotic to manage all you’ve committed to. We must learn to say no. We must allow…
Don’t fall in love with any part of your story. The narrative you live any given day, any given hour is a piece of the fabric that makes us who we are. If the story forwards you, gives you strength, inspiration, energy and momentum for what matters, share it. Repeat it often and let it guide your thoughts, beliefs, language and actions. If the story limits you, traps you, lessens who…