“A rising tide lifts all boats,” said John F. Kennedy. We’re all uplifted when the currents are flowing in the same direction and people are doing swimmingly and getting along. But when we’re swimming against each other, rip tides of consternation, conflict, and even calamity can … [Read more...] about How to RISE together with this simple conflict resolution tool
Have you RSVP’d yet for this week’s (September 21, 10 am EAT) Learning and Development Roundtable - Your career satisfaction, self-awareness, and self-care tailored tune-up? I designed it in response to members’ requests for tips and techniques to amp up career satisfaction, increase … [Read more...] about Don’t forget to RSVP for the Learning and Development Roundtable: Your career satisfaction, self-awareness and self-care tailored tune-up
From quietly quitting to loudly labouring (people who focus on visibility and self-promotion) and from perpetual overwhelm to constant change, it can feel like we’re on a never-ending roller coaster. A roller coaster that has more downs than ups. We’re stretched to the max, and striving for … [Read more...] about Your Learning and Development Roundtable invitation: Your career satisfaction, self-awareness and self-care tailored tune-up.
How many times have you wanted to scream and yell when you saw another online meeting invitation pop up in your calendar? Cut to the good stuff. Click here to purchase my Ban Boring Online Meetings Course; your quick-start, step-by-step approach to making your online meetings engaging, … [Read more...] about Your easy peasy guide to Banning Boring Online Meetings
Why did the chicken cross the road? Who knows, and more importantly it doesn’t matter because the ability to tell jokes is not a requirement for the effective use of humour in today’s workplace. Fun fact. Did you know that Rock.Paper.Scissors Inc. used to host an annual … [Read more...] about Seven reasons to use humour in your workplace
I was teaching a workshop on conflict resolution and I was at the part where we talked about AA. Not that AA. Rather an attitude adjustment. It was part of my Learning and Development Roundtable - Resolve conflict with confidence and clarity using these six simple skills. I created the … [Read more...] about Is it time for AA? (It’s not what you think)
As I described in last week’s post, I’m a seasoned, passionate, deliberate, strategic learner. I have been all my life. And you are too. Think of how much learning you’ve done since you were a wee baby. If we didn’t learn we wouldn’t be able to walk, talk, socialize, work, play, … [Read more...] about Have you read any of these, my top favorite reads from 2022? Part two
Did you know I bring together folks from around the world, for a free, monthly Learning and Development Roundtable workshop on a range of interesting and engaging topics that members have asked for? Our community is a brilliant group of diverse, social change-makers, who are committed to … [Read more...] about That’s a wrap for 2022 – Highlights of the year’s Learning and Development Roundtables Part Two
Did you know I bring together folks from around the world, for a free, monthly Learning and Development Roundtable workshop on a range of interesting and engaging topics that members have asked for? Our community is a brilliant group of diverse, social change-makers, who are committed to … [Read more...] about That’s a wrap for 2022 – Highlights of the year’s Learning and Development Roundtables Part One
The opportunities to surprise, delight, and make a real difference are everywhere. From hiding critical secret messages in pop songs to radios playing only out of the right speaker in order to raise awareness of a specific health issue opportunities are everywhere. Case in point 1: A critical … [Read more...] about From morse code to wonky radios, the opportunities to make a difference are everywhere
Just when we’ve gotten the hang of online meetings and online events, now we’re being asked to add another new beast to the mix. That beast being hybrid events and hybrid meetings. A hybrid event/meeting is one where some participants are in a virtual room (such as MS Teams or Zoom) and … [Read more...] about How to do Hybrid Meetings and Events without Headaches
Imagine if your smartphone had no images for your apps. Imagine how long it would take you to find a specific app when you went to look for it. Insert face-palm here. That’s because our brains interpret images 600,000 times faster than text (Power of visual storytelling; Ekaterina … [Read more...] about A picture is worth 600,000 words – or how to get people to listen
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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
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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
