Worry is a heavy load, but a kind word cheers you up. – Proverbs 12:5 Have you been carrying a heavy load? Have you noticed others around you carrying a heavy load? How has words been helpful or a detriment to you? Life is not a steady line but a continual movement of ups, downs, […]
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There’s no team without trust. -Paul Santagata, Head of Industry at Google Do you believe that your workplace is safe for interpersonal risk, such as speaking up with ideas, questions, or permission for candor? This type of culture is important for the well-being of your teammates and for the effectiveness of your team to be
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“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” Martin Luther King , Jr I have a natural tendency to seek out warmth. It is a desire of my body, but also of my whole being – soul and spirit. Do you find that
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Do you see yourself as powerful? How you answer this question will probably depend upon how you define power. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines power as possession of control, authority or influence over others. Even in this definition we can see a continuum in how power is used. Often when people try to control, it can
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Fear gives power to one person; Freedom empowers many. When we are fearful, our reaction is to control. This actually limits the multiplication of our power. Being controlling gives a false sense of feeling safe and soothing our anxiety. In the long run it hurts our impact and hinders the empowerment of those we lead.
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We have been through a tumultuous year in 2020. With the start of 2021, I have found that people’s lives have not become steadier but instead more questions abound. We are being faced with a lot of division that is broadcast at a national level and even at global levels. However, these divisions and questions
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We are facing many challenges and transitions currently. With this, I have noticed many people having to engage in crucial conversations. There are many ideas, strategies, and decisions to be made. I have seen a theme of people searching how to be their best as influencers. David Broockman is a UC Berkeley political scientist who
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“Culture is to humans what water is to fish – the environment where we live and move and eat and work and play and, therefore, think is normal. But there’s a big different between us and fish – we create our own environment; fish don’t.” – John Stonestreet and Brett Kunkle What has your environment
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“Great power involves great responsibility.” ― Franklin D. Roosevelt The above quote by President Franklin D. Roosevelt is probably now more well-known through its use in Spiderman movies. In the iconic scene of the Spiderman story, on his death bed Uncle Ben tells Peter Parker that with “great power comes great responsibility.” Peter then embarks
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“The single most important skill and most undervalued capacity for exercising adaptive leadership is diagnosis …. To practice adaptive leadership, you have to take time to think through your interpretation of what you observe, before jumping into action.” – The Practice of Adaptive Leadership by Heifetz, Grashow, Linsky Are you proactive or reactive in your
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