If your hands are too full- you can’t take hold of something new…
If your schedule is too full, your commitments overflowing; it’s hard to experience something new. If you are holding on to past successes instead of creating new one’s it may be that life and business is too full of the wrong stuff. Decide what’s keeping you from that which is awaiting you. A part of […]
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How good are you at wearing someone else’s shoes?
Change is not always easy. Want to engage your team and clients at a deeper level? Want better relationships? A higher quality of life experience? Next time you are with someone new, ask some questions, jump into their shoes. See, feel and hear life from their perspective and see how it makes all the difference!
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How is getting a job similar to landing the client, or contract?
How is getting a job similar to getting a new client or contract? The other day I shared a model I’ve been using with clients to help them get clear and communicate simply and powerfully. I call it my Model for Business Storytelling. It was linked to and rerun in it’s entirety in a post […]
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Leadership Picture to Inspire Leadership Conversations
Bridging The Leadership Gap; A social conversation. Click the photo to see the entire visual! Here is the incredible leadership visual Patti Dobrowloski captured at our first ever Bridging The Leadership, social leadership conversation. I hope you take some time and comment on the photo. And if you want to view the archived conversation. Here […]
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Leadership Gaps and how they turn people into mannequins
Leadership gaps. They happen. And they happen. What are the costs? I’ve written several posts about leadership closing the leadership gaps , my 2 leadership verbs, how to engage heads, hands and heart, results revolution and others. But today I want to consider leadership from another perspective. I’m looking at the gaps in leadership from the mannequin in […]
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Change; somedays it’s like hugging a stranger…
Embracing change is a lot like hugging a stranger. Initially you’re like the little ole woman in the video, not sure at all you want to wrap your arms around a long hair, sign weilding, stranger. Then as soon as you open yourself up, your entire world transforms. You see life in new color. Change can be as intimidating as the […]
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Shoe switching. A practice in empathy, the key to great relationships
So when was the last time you slipped into a pair of shoes like these? How comfortable would you be? What might happen if you and your team were better at shoe switching? Shoe switching. It’s a mindset. Call it empathy, understanding, consideration. Shoe switching is the mindset and the practice I engage in when […]
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Play: 30 second video inspiration
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R49Cc20_gnk[/youtube] I’m not that good at play. I mean, I’m fun but I tend to work more than play. How about you? Play recreates and it’s been said that gaming and play is this generation’s literature. So looks like I need to get out and recreate with a tad more play. How much play do […]
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Becoming the observer: less ego more awareness
Becoming the observer. For me to step into the role of the observer I have to up my level of awareness and turn down the ego and emotional attachment. I don’t mean you can’t feel when you observe only that for me observing is an intentional act where I engage the frontal lobe of my […]
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