Conflict. The mere word is enough to get your blood pressure up in the danger zone with your palms sweatier than a 7th grader at her first dance. Conflict can be a means to social change. It can get stuff out on the table with a proactive flair. It can help air differences before they detonate. … [Read more...] about 2 easy tips for dealing with your next conflict (sweaty palms not included)
Whether you’ve ever picked up a hammer or not, you know that you can't build the roof to a house without building the walls & foundation first. The foundation holds everything else up. You don’t have to be a carpenter to know that a shaky foundation means pitched floors, crumbling walls & … [Read more...] about Why you need a strong foundation (hint: it leads you to your great work)
Have you been affected by the talent gap? Good people are hard to find & ever increasingly so. Plus the hiring process is time consuming, difficult & comes with big stakes. What do you look for? What has to come part & parcel with the staff? What can be taught? What’s … [Read more...] about How to stem the talent gap & stop fighting fires with these 3 simple steps
You know those days when you’re ruled not by an iron fist but by an invisible clock? When your to-do list is longer than those old encyclopedia Britannica’s. When you feel like that ‘80’s song the 'Final Countdown' is on an endless loop. And you feel like if you stopped for a minute to think … [Read more...] about In praise of medium (not mediocre) + a worksheet
Scenario 1: you’re madly dashing around cursing as you’re packing for a trip very last minute. You’ve got a plane to catch & you have a very strong premonition that you’re going to feel that drop of dread, totally unorganized feeing in your stomach when you arrive & find out you forgot … [Read more...] about Your time-warped organization solution from 1990 for blender brain
The usual hubaloo had died down. It was a quiet, weekend day at the UN, which was a good thing, as soon I’d find myself weeping in the bathroom. But I’m getting ahead of myself Have you ever been so frustrated, so angry, so overwhelmed that tears fall like a faucet? With your stomach roiling with … [Read more...] about Resolve your next email conflict using my dryer vent technique
‘Doesn’t that make your head hurt?,’ asked my hubbie. I looked up in surprise. I was doing what I love to do. What brings me ease. What makes me feel on top of things. What gives me peace & lets me get stuff done. I was making lists. Lists have a special place in my heart. They’re my … [Read more...] about Would you eat an alligator pear? (you already have & why it’s important)
Yep it’s still me – but with a whole new look. I’m over the moon & slightly delirious to announce new ways to help you learn, laugh & lead, through my brand new website. I’ve designed some fun ways for you to engage so take a look around. Who knows- you might even win … [Read more...] about Fill in this puzzle to learn, laugh & lead (& you could win 1 of my online courses)
I’m on the verge of serving you better through launching a new website. It’s taken bursts of creativity which made me think of what you could learn from a wildly creative story involving a new take on an old tradition, the can-can & big surprises all around. But first, think of a situation … [Read more...] about How you can marry worldviews with a garter belt & the can-can
Yoga matts, each with a patterned pillow, were laid out in rows, which made the room look like a wildly colourful game of tic tac toe. My stomach bumped up against my ribs as I settled my nerves. I’m used to doing yoga at home in private, but I was there to see the world premier of the documentary … [Read more...] about Emmanuel Jal & Yogadishu; what’s fought in your mind & won in your heart?
As my Nana’s jewelry slid through my little girl fingers, it felt cool to the touch but heavy with memories. I felt a jittery excitement whirling around in the pit of my stomach in getting to explore her jewelry box. That’s one small example of master storytelling coach Marsha Shandur’s memory … [Read more...] about How you can use storytelling to defeat evil from Storytelling Master Marsha Shandur
I know what I know & I don’t know what I don’t know. For example, I know what it’s like to be a white woman. I don’t know what it’s like to be a black man. But this amazingly poignant, utterly captivating video will give you some powerful insights (if being a black man isn’t your … [Read more...] about Before you call the cops …
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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