There were men with big rifles on the side of the road…. This (true!) story happened to me recently in Southern France. Hunters were on the lookout for sanglier/wild boar (those furry critters above). And it got me thinking about how we all wear invisible glasses that shape our … [Read more...] about The Invisible Glasses You’re Wearing Right Now (A Dispatch From France) Part Two
There were men with big rifles on the side of the road. If I were in Kenya or Somalia, it’d be a whole other story. But I wasn’t. It was a misty Tuesday morning in rural southern France, and I was out for a drive. The men were hunters on the lookout for sanglier/wild … [Read more...] about The Invisible Glasses You’re Wearing Right Now (A Dispatch From France) Part One
There's a particular kind of tired that has nothing to do with sleep. It's the tiredness that comes from watching the world feel increasingly unsteady - like constantly trying to walk across a wobbly bridge. From the noise. From all the lies dressed up as truth. From the … [Read more...] about What a Fully Clothed Man in a Shower Taught Me About a Learning Mindset
Did you know that your Zoom recording has a hidden file that makes timestamping easy peasy? Definition: Timestamping is like a table of contents for your video, giving viewers a clickable map instead of a sea of footage to wade through. Onwards with the timestamping. Your … [Read more...] about How to Timestamp a Meeting Recording in Minutes Using AI
In my work with trainers and leaders around the world, I've noticed a pattern. The people who actually follow through on their goals aren't necessarily more talented or more motivated. They just asked better questions upfront. What's missing for both of them isn't willpower or skill. … [Read more...] about How to Actually Follow Through: The 5 W’s Goal-Setting Framework Part 2
In my work with trainers and leaders around the world, I've noticed a pattern. The people who actually follow through on their goals aren't necessarily more talented or more motivated. They just asked better questions upfront. Meet Priya. She's a talented trainer who has … [Read more...] about How to Actually Follow Through: The 5 W’s Goal-Setting Framework Part 1
You’ve tried AI. You’ve typed in a bunch of questions. And what came back was… fine. Generic. A little flat. Not quite what you were hoping for. Sound familiar? The problem isn’t AI. The problem is the prompt. Most of us were never taught how to actually talk to AI, how to ask for … [Read more...] about Learning and Development Roundtable: AI Prompting Skills: How to Ask Better Questions and Get Better Results
Why Most Workplace Feedback Falls Flat Do you remember the telephone game you likely played as a child? Someone whispers a message at one end of the line, and by the time it travels through ten people and reaches the other end, "the cat sat on the mat" has somehow become "the bat ate … [Read more...] about Most People Think They Give Great Feedback. The Data Tells a Different Story.
Which animal are you when you're stuck? Keep reading to find out. Are you feeling stuck in the muck? Tamped down by tiredness? Quashed by the quagmire? In other words, is there something important you know you want to get done, but you've somehow become your own worst enemy and the … [Read more...] about Feeling Stuck? There Are Four Types of Stuck, Here’s How to Find Yours
Where Do Your Eyeballs Land? A Simple Design Check for Trainers and Facilitators Marsha Shandur, a fabulously funny and bright colleague ...someone I have a monthly catch-up call with ... recently showed me a worksheet she'd designed. That's part of it above (shared with permission, of … [Read more...] about Bad Design Is Costing You — Here’s a 30-second fix for your worksheets, reports, and more
This is a particularly challenging time. The stakes are high. And so is the division. And all of that takes a mighty toll. On everyone. Including you. But don’t despair. Help is a Roundtable away. In this free workshop on May 21st, with me, … [Read more...] about Learning and Development Roundtable: How to (actually) increase your resilience, your grit and your ability to manage change
You know you should delegate more. You've even started. So why does it still feel like it's not quite working? Here are two more ways to help ensure you’re successful using the D.O.D. technique and my fist/palm worksheet. But first, last week, I wrote about the benefits of delegating (in case … [Read more...] about Say Goodbye to Time-Sucking Tasks: Delegate Like a Pro, Part Two
The trick is for the (scissor) blades to learn to work smoothly together, so as not to cut each other.
— Mary Jo Putney
The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward.
— Amelia Earhart
There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them.
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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