Don’t Box You In
We love to put something in a box. To know where it fits. It helps us makes sense of it. We sort and categorize and define without even realize we’re doing it. This is “good” – this is “bad”. This “will work” – this “won’t work”. This “fits here” – this “fits there”. But in […]
Four Things to Combat Your Saber Tooth Tiger
“Oh great!” you may be thinking, “Now I know (since you read yesterday’s blog post) that my presentation woes are due to saber-tooth tigers (you really should read yesterday’s post first), but now what???!” All is not lost my friend. There are tools to deal with these things. Once you have identified what happens to […]
The Power of Focused Feedback
You would think that by now we would have all developed amazing mind-reading skills, but that’s clearly not the case. In order for us to really understand what someone wants and needs from us, we usually need it to be said out loud or we’ll assume all is good. And for caring leaders this can […]
You’re Not a Fix-it Project
It’s so interesting to me how our perceptions of ourselves are often so far out of synch with how the world perceives us to be. I know you can probably think of a few folks running about with an inflated opinion of themselves, but in my experience, the vast majority of us are so focused […]
The Courage to Captivate
When the flight touched down at 3:45, I was certain I’d have plenty of time. The event didn’t start until 6pm after all, and even after stopping by Dollar Rental Car, I was out of there in no time. I hopped in the car and headed out in the pouring rain. Torrential really. Awful stuff. […]