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Alignment Check: What’s Your Body Telling You

Welcome, February! Often after a month of resolutions, goal setting and habit changing for the new year, we land in February exhausted.  Chastising ourselves for not sticking to the commitments we've made.  If this is you, never fear, there’s still time!  And, if you’re right on track with those resolutions, that’s amazing too. One [...]

2023-02-10T11:44:18-08:00By |Articles|

Imagine Belonging on a Global Scale

Can you imagine belonging at work…on a global scale? Perhaps when attempting to answer this question you find yourself being dismissive and cynical, silently saying to yourself, that’s impossible. You may feel justified in your response for good reasons. You might have personally experienced one, some, or all of these common pitfalls that stymie [...]

2022-03-04T13:04:17-08:00By |Articles|

The Ladder of Inference as a De-Escalation Tool

Over the past 40 years, there has been a growing body of research about resilience. The definitions above capture what most of us imagine resilience to be. But what are the traits that make someone resilient? And are there any particular traits that are especially important to introverts as leaders? We’ve all heard the phrase [...]

2021-11-10T18:01:26-08:00By |Articles|

Cultivating Workplace Cultures of Belonging

As leaders in the workplace, we know that the employees are most satisfied when they know they can be their authentic selves, where they feel a sense of belonging, where their differences are viewed as a source of strength, and where their individual contributions are recognized and valued. When more organizations understand how to cultivate [...]

2019-02-19T16:09:19-08:00By |Articles|

Five Obstacles to Successful Leadership

The speed of business is fast. Really fast. And, it’s getting faster all the time. Collaboration has been reduced to meetings, which aren’t all that productive. Advancing initiatives means sending emails after hours, and accomplishing tasks means passing them on to someone else.  Sound like you? The real trouble begins when your leadership skills are [...]

2018-11-12T17:34:22-08:00By |Articles|

Leading Up

Our recent Leaders’ Lab conversation was focused on leading up. How do we influence our “bosses”? Let’s start by defining ‘leading up’ to be influencing a person with power or authority for the mutually beneficial result, for the greater good. That opens the definition up beyond boss – to include leading those around you that [...]

2018-10-09T14:59:04-07:00By |Articles|
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