Authenticity is your most precious commodity as a leader.” – Marcus Buckingham I was attending a social gathering with some new friends when I mentioned that I am an introvert. One of the other women responded with surprise and relief, commenting that she is an introvert, too. She is a leader in her workplace and […]
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“Feedback is the breakfast of champions” – Ken Blanchard Do you ever avoid a gift? We typically look forward to gifts. We anticipate the surprise and are excited to have another person think of us. This is how I want to view feedback. Because feedback really is a gift. Sometimes, it does surprise us where
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“The joy in life is to be used for a purpose. I want to be used up when I die.” —George Bernard Shaw As we move from one calendar year to another, we move from endings to beginnings and find time to celebrate holidays. I have been engaging in a practice of choosing to be
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“Experiencing the full expression of employees’ and colleagues’ identities affords us innumerable advantages, from personal fulfillment to organizational profitability.” – La’Wana Harris A leader shared with me how he saw an increase in innovation and morale in his team. This decreased the time they had to be in meetings because communication within the team improved. As a
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Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning. – Albert Einstein In the quote above, Albert Einstein says, “…hope for tomorrow.” What are you hoping for? Hope speaks to the deepest part of who we are. It is what keeps us going. As a child, we
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“Growth equals change; change equals loss; loss equals pain; so inevitably, growth equals pain.” ― Samuel Chand, Leadership Pain: The Classroom for Growth Leaders see the potential for something better and within that is hope. People join towards a new potential because of the motivation for something more. We enjoy stories because they inspire us
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“To have humility is to experience reality.” – Dag Hammarskjold, Swedish diplomat Do you feel a heavy pressure on yourself to have everything around you under control? Often, leaders can feel this way because others look to them for answers. The word lead is defined as “a route or means of access to a particular
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Your life is valuable and has meaning. I want to speak these life-giving words to you. You are a uniquely created human being who breathes life into yourself and others. You are enough in the very essence of your being. We are in the holiday season, and there can be much going on. I like
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“Feelings are something you have; not something you are.” -Shannon L. Alder What is your perspective on emotions? Is your life consumed by emotions or do you ignore them? Or are you somewhere on the continuum in-between? I grew up in a home with my mom consumed by emotions and my dad ignoring emotions. My
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“The irony is that we attempt to disown our difficult stories to appear more whole or more acceptable, but our wholeness – even our wholeheartedness – actually depends on the integration of all of our experiences, including our falls.” – Brene Brown I am going to state to you what may seem like a contradictory
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