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Turning Potential Into Results
Generalities aren’t helpful.
Want to be a more effective leader? Want to build trust in a relationship or team? IF SO … deal in specifics, not generalities,. Why do specifics matter? By itself, wanting to be a more effective leader doesn’t increase your effectiveness. A specific area for increased effectiveness needs to be distinguished, committed to, and…
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Heal to Move On
IF, THEN IF saying “Let’s move on” means “get over it, forget about it, let bygones be bygones,” THEN we’re also saying, “Give up. We can’t deal with it.” IF saying “Let’s move on” means “go forth without regret or thwarted expectations, and with a clear conscience and our integrity intact,” THEN we’re also…
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To go back, go forward
When I was 6, having mom pack my lunch in a brown paper bag was normal. Normal for me and mom. When I was 16, asking mom for lunch money for the week was normal. Normal for me and mom. (I’m sure my eye-rolling at the reminder “Don’t lose it!” was part of our shared…
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Putting together the “team” puzzle
I like putting jigsaw puzzles together. Here’s my strategy: Pick a picture I like. Know that I am choosing the challenge, choosing to play the game. Put the frame together by assembling all the edge pieces. I touch every piece and only pull out the ones with flat edges. My focus is the to…
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The dreaded “C” word
No, not cancer and not covid. The dreaded word is constraint. COVID-19 has dramatically shaped our reality. It’s up to each of us to design an empowering relationship to the current, real, even threatening, constraints. In support of creating this relationship, please consider my offer at the end of this blog. So…
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Change without Blame
Will you let yourself change today and not make yourself wrong for not having changed yesterday? Will you let someone else change today and not make them wrong for not having changed yesterday? When we acknowledge “that was me yesterday, this is me today” without blame, we own our growth. Owning our past opens the…
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Bring On the New Year!
As we move into the New Year, the phrase “Out with the old, in with the new” comes to mind. While there are certainly things from 2019 that I want to leave behind, casting off the entirety of last year doesn’t suit me either. I choose a both/and approach: I reflect on what’s passed, choose…
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Conflict: A bug or a feature?
There’s an assumption that conflict always involves anger and is always negative. That friction – opposing views, misunderstandings, differences of opinion – between people is to be avoided at all costs. The trouble is that avoiding friction in our relationships is not cost-free. Avoiding friction often erodes and diminishes the very relationship that we seek…
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Bring the Redwoods Indoors
One of the many benefits of living in the SF Bay Area is that I’m nearby the ocean, the mountains and all that’s in-between. One of the amazing in-betweens is the magnificent redwood. Learning about them might inspire you to bring their magnificence into your team. Foundation: Root SystemsYou would think that a 350 foot-tall…
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When I tell people I’m taking an indoor climbing class at Pacific Edge, their “Good for you!” is usually followed quickly by “Why?” My Whys I have several whys. Every day, I ask leaders to commit to something without knowing how to do it and without a guarantee of success. I ask them to step…
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