“Without feedback there can be no transformative change.” – Brene Brown When you think about a transformative time in your life, what was involved? Often when people speak of defining moments in their lives, it involves them facing and growing through a great challenge. You may be familiar with a recent popular book and movie […]
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Ann felt exhausted trying to fit in. She had been CEO of the organization for one year and felt like she was failing. She wondered if she should quit. Have you ever felt like Ann? Do you know of other staff members who are feeling like this? Ann is a leader who recently shared these
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I was sitting on my living room couch and my insides felt like they were tied up in knots. I was facing a major decision concerning my position at work. I was pregnant with my first child, and I was anxious about what to commit to with the unknowns of parenthood soon becoming a reality.
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“Retain the faith that you will prevail in the end regardless of the difficulties and at the same time confront the most brutal facts of your reality–whatever they might be.” – The Stockdale Paradox The Stockdale Paradox was developed by author Jim Collins in his book, Good to Great. He had the privilege of meeting Admiral
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“Out of intense complexities, intense simplicities emerge.” – Winston Churchill Mary sat across from me feeling perplexed. She had read my article on “How to Flow in Leadership.” She is a passionate leader with a clear vision, but she was feeling depleted. She knew that if she continued on the road she was on, she
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“Discernment is not something you do; It is something you receive.” How many decisions do you make in a day? Researchers at Cornell University have found that we make over 200 decisions just about food in a day. We face decisions all the time. Some decisions are choices we face every day, such as what
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It was a sunny day in June. I was getting into a canoe with one of my friends for a day of fun on Sugar Creek. The water looked refreshing. We headed down stream until we came to a halt. Our canoe was hitting the bottom of the creek. We could hear pebbles and sand
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“If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to … there is nothing you cannot achieve.” – Lao Tzu Do you want to be a catalyst for change? The dictionary definition of catalyst is an agent that provokes or speeds significant change or action. It is one
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“The best in art and life comes from a center, something urgent and powerful, an ideal or emotion that insists on being. From that insistence a shape emerges and creates its structure out of passion. If you begin with a structure, you have to make up the passion, and that’s very hard to do.” –
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In my last article, I discussed the power of leadership communities. Leadership communities move from being a short sighted team that is driven by tasks to becoming an enduring community of shared significance that has lasting impact. Leadership communities work as a network rather than as a hierarchical organizational chart. Collaboration is part of the
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