“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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“When stakes are high, opinions vary, and emotions start to run strong, casual conversations become crucial. Ironically, the more crucial the conversation, the less likely we are to handle it well. The consequences of either avoiding or fouling up crucial conversations can be severe. When we fail a crucial conversation, every aspect of our lives
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“To humans belong the plans of the heart, but from the Lord comes the proper answer of the tongue. All a person’s ways seem pure to them, but motives are weighed by the Lord.” – Proverbs 16:1-2 “I just don’t know what to do. I’ve tried getting this person to work with me, but they
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“Accountability is the responsibility of completing a task or achieving a goal. Ownership is about setting a high bar for oneself.” – Gustavo Razzetti As individuals and organizations, we have practices that we apply daily to create momentum to improve something. The Oxford Dictionary defines practice as “carrying out or performing (a particular activity, method,
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“No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle.” – Winston Churchill, My Early Life: A Roving Commission (1930) Are you striving or flowing in your work? Are you feeling burned out or energized? These questions came to mind as I was reflecting on a picture that a friend had painted of
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“I will walk with you in freedom, for I seek to follow your every command.” – Psalm 119:45 A leader was sharing with me how some of her processes were not working. This was leading to her not meeting deadlines and then also consuming her time in trying to learn how to fix the process.
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“Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.” – Paul Boose Have you ever felt that someone has wronged you? I have felt this in my own life. I can recall a challenging season where I was seeking to navigate through it the best I could. Another person confronted me not
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I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. – Thomas Paine When you hear anything about a “problem,” how does your body react? For me, I notice the muscles in my shoulders getting tight and my stomach feels queasy. These are very subtle.
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“If you want peace, you don’t talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.” – Desmond Tutu “Neither of them owns that there is a problem with them.” This is what a leader said to me about a couple of their team members. These two individuals were having difficulty working together. Instead of working
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