Last week I wrote about “Virtual team work in the time of COVID – Turning you and your team right side up again (part one)” which is based on a recent Learning and Development Roundtable I held.We’re busy with a steep learning curve when it comes to working virtually. We need a map of sorts, … [Read more...] about Virtual team work in the time of COVID – Turning you and your team right side up again (part two)
“This ain't no acrobaticsYou either follow or you lead, yeah”Lyrics from Janelle Monáe’s TightropeGreat lyrics. Inspiration for a Learning and Development Roundtable on virtual teambuilding. And a wonderful way to get us in the mood with a quick dance part.With the scene set, … [Read more...] about Virtual teamwork in the time of COVID – Turning you and your team right side up again (part one)
This is part two of "To my white friends and colleagues." There is lots of regret going around regarding peeling back rampant, systemic racism.Which is good. And bad.It’s good because we are finally waking up to people of color’s horrible realities due to racism. It’s bad if regret … [Read more...] about To my white friends and colleagues part 2
Who knew a mere couple of months ago that wearing a mask would be THE thing, that’d we’d be working from home and that Zoom would become a permanent part of our vocabulary?!During those few months we’ve learned how to:Juggle working from home Be more comfortable with all the tech that … [Read more...] about Easy, fun virtual team building during Coronavirus
Why oh why do we humans think that online meetings have to be officious and monotonous? That boring, dry, and dull online meetings are the only way? Or that they make any kind of impact?We stab ourselves in the foot when we hold dull meetings period but especially when we hold dull online … [Read more...] about Five simple ways to make your Zoom online meetings more interactive
Cream rises to the top. These trying times are an opportunity to rise and be our best self, with an important caveat. We are not aiming for perfection, imbibing far too much chocolate and a few crying jags are expected and fine of course. When we’re able, let’s lead with integrity, … [Read more...] about Leading in the time of Coronavirus
Have you laughed lately? “Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.” ― Veronica RothLast week I wrote about how to keep our minds and our hearts open by learning in this time of coronavirus. Now it’s time to share resources to … [Read more...] about Laughter in the time of Coronavirus
“He allowed himself to be swayed by his conviction that human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give birth to them, but that life obliges them over and over again to give birth to themselves.” ― Gabriel García Márquez, Love in the Time of CholeraOh how I’m thinking of … [Read more...] about Love (and connection, learning and leaning) in the time of Coronavirus
Habit: a settled or regular tendency or practice. An automatic reaction to a specific situation.Habits. We all have them. In spades.They can help us pull through tough times. Especially now.Think about what body part you wash first, where you put your keys, how you … [Read more...] about Habits; we all need them, especially now
Connection Heads up and hearts out, connection means extending yourself into other worlds, other perspectives, which ends up enriching your own. HOw do we get to connection? Interests, curiosities, geography, hobbies, professional practices, beliefs, and values are all bridges to … [Read more...] about Three bedfellows: connection, collaboration, creativity + a hallway
Like I mentioned in my last post, it’s been quite the year. There’s much to gnash our teeth, despair and flail over, but there’s equally much to celebrate, including you dear reader. Now that the celebrations are done, and the chapter turned on another year, it’s time to fill the blank … [Read more...] about My wishes for you and your 2020, one for every month
It’s been quite the year. There’s much to gnash our teeth, despair and flail over, but there’s equally much to celebrate, including you dear reader.The blackbirds are singing in the dead of the night, take these broken wings and learn to fly, all your life you were only waiting for this … [Read more...] about Celebrating you, yes you, with a special gift!
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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