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What is leadership impact?
According to www.dictionary.com, the origin of the word “impact” comes from the Latin word impingere, which means “to push against.” The online dictionary has three definitions of impact that relate directly to the concept of leadership impact: 1) “influence; effect,” 2) “the force exerted by a new idea, concept, technology, or ideology,” and 3) ...Oct 31 -
Are you valued for who you are?
As my career was growing during the nineties, I became very aware of what I was able to deliver for my bosses and how that work was valued. I was a “go-to” person. I could consistently and predictably get things done and on time. I had happy teams who were productive. I solved my own problems. These were among the characteristics that would show up ...Oct 30 -
Putting "Development" Back in Learning
As the training industry has grown over the past 20 years, many organizations have taken on the learning and development of their leaders and employees. Did you know that two-thirds of corporate training budgets go to traditional and costly formal training programs? Yet, 64% of business leaders believe it is informal learning programs which drive t ...Oct 17 -
How You Live Your Day, Is How You Live Your Life
These words are the title of Chapter 3 in Louise Hay's and Cheryl Richardson's new book "You Can Create an Exceptional Life". These words caught my attention as I'm living a different kind of life these days and I keep thinking "how do I live every day from my heart". I began thinking about habits. By their automatic nature, th ...Sep 24 -
Joining with "Be Nice" and "Tell the Truth"
A few days ago we began working with journal questions about noticing what happens for us when telling the truth might hurt someone's feelings or show a side of ourselves that we keep in our shadow. How do we resolve which direction we'll go? What do we carry inside of ourselves by having made one decision over the other? Are we able to find a way ...Sep 17 -
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"After a Destructive Encounter"
I recently discovered the beautiful Celtic writings of John O'Donohue. Today I've been reading "To Bless the Space Between Us: A Book of Blessings." "A blessing is not a sentiment or a question; it is a gracious invocation where the human heart pleads with the divine." About a week ago, I had an encounter that while entering ...Jan 28 -
Roses Grow in the Mud
Have you ever had a moment when you read something and it seems to capture the essence of your experience? I had such a moment yesterday when I read a caption in a book (I’m sorry I was scanning and don’t remember the book). “Roses grow in the mud” just seemed to leap off the page. What does that mean? Why does it seem to be written for me, right n ...Jan 07 -
A Lasting Approach to Change
How do people change? This question has been and continues to be at the heart of my work as a change agent, a leader, an organizational development consultant, a parent, a coach, and most of all, a human being. Over the years, I’ve met and worked with many motivated and sincere individuals who wanted to bring real change in their leadership and pe ...Jan 03 -
Celebrate endings too!
Celebrate endings too! William Bridges teaches us about three stages of change – endings, neutral zone, and beginnings. One of the ways I’ve come to look at this model is that in order for new things to come into our life, we may have to let some other things go. Nature and the great spiritual traditions also teach us that in order for the new to ...Dec 31 -
Connection That Transforms - Part 1
I can recall many times during my life where I would have an experience and not be able to grasp the words that could accurately describe it or give expression to the depth of feelings. These "feelings", I believe, are a big driver in the way I learn and what I'm drawn to in my reading and studies. Last night I had an experience of finding the word ...Dec 27 -
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Favorite Quotes
"Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but whenthere is nothing left to take away." - Antoine De Saint Exupery "If you want to build a ship don't herd people together to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery "Life ...Nov 04 -
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The 99 cents Coach
For several years, I have had my own Coach. This Coach is available to me 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. My Coach never goes on vacation and never misses an appointment. My Coach has been available to me during moments of celebration, during my darkest fears, and everything in between. I can tell my Coach anything - ...Aug 19 -
Mindfulness
Mindfulness meditation is a core practice I've been developing over the past year. For those of you who may be a little skeptical or think that meditation is phooey, I would offer that there is tremendous science about the physiological and psychological benefits of meditation. You can also read Jon Kabat-Zinn and the Mindfulnes ...Aug 13 -
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