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Learning: The Key to Sustainability
What does working smarter have to do with learning? Sometimes, we just get into a rut, doing the same things over and over again, even when it’s not working. As the story goes, a young man was working very hard sawing a huge pile of wood. His efforts were doubled...
Why We Don’t Have That Critical Conversation
When was the last time that you looked forward to having a difficult conversation? Most of us run from confrontation and as a consequence, we carry the weight from unresolved conflict and sub-par relationships. What keeps us from having more emotional courage to...
Changing the voice of the judge
You’re at the office and you just got an email from your boss saying there is a mistake in a report you sent in. You’d checked it twice but somehow missed it...what do you say to yourself? Maybe something like… “You idiot! How could you miss such an easy thing!” (I...
I’ve Got This ‘One Guy’…
Leaders, my clients, often describe a common problem scenario they want help with that begins with “I’ve got this guy…”. The gist of each of these conversations is pretty much the same. There’s someone on their team who is a highly talented person and they don’t want...
The word LEADER carries many implications
LEADER. Google returns some 479,000,000 definitions for “leadership. That bewildering statistic is from a slightly more helpful Inc. Magazine article titled 100 Answers to the Question: What is Leadership? I am in no mood to match wits with 479,000,000 leadership...
Kintsugi and Strengthening Your Leadership
When a particularly tough challenge throws us to the mat, we can learn from it and become even stronger. Why do we try and hide these moments? Consider the ancient art of Kintsugi. The philosophy of Kintsugi is to treat breakage and repair as part of the unique...
Corrected Vision – by Dale Bacon
My grandfather had challenges with his vision. By the time he was in his early nineties (he lived to be 100), cataracts had formed on his eyes to the point that he could hardly see. He needed a HUGE magnifying glass to read the newspaper. His doctor encouraged him to...
Quality Family Time in the Digital Age
Family is the context in which we learn to love, connect, become ourselves, grow and recharge. But we can’t assume it’s a totally protected and safe place. We have to guard our homes against everything from toxic influences to time distractions. If your family...