“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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“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?” “That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,” said the Cat. – Alice in Wonderland “I don’t know which way to go.” This is what my daughter said to my husband when he answered a call from her.
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“There is a time for everything, and everything on earth has its special season.” – Ecclesiastes 3:1 “I feel like I am being left in limbo.” This is what a leader said to me as he discussed all the changes happening in his organization. Can you relate? Continual change is becoming the norm in our
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“The great composer does not set to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is working.” – Ernest Newman As you work, do you become more inspired? Are your teammates becoming more inspired as they work? When I am doing work that uses my talents, passions and results in me having an
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“Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us, or we find it not.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson In last month’s newsletter I wrote about a hike to the top of Iceland’s second highest waterfall. We discussed how this journey is like the pursuit of a vision. I
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“Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson What kind of vision inspires you? I have distinct pictures in my mind of standing on mountain ridges where I can see for what seems like forever, and I am in awe of the beauty.
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I hope you are enjoying your Holiday season! This is often a time where we look for gifts to give to others. When I read an article by a fellow colleague, I thought, “Wow! This article is full of great tips of the best gifts that a leader can give to their team.” So I
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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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“When you are present and available, people have a desire to offer you their authentic self. All you have to do is ask. No one keeps a secret. No one. And they might be resistant initially to telling you something, but eventually they’ll give you their whole life story. And it’s because of people’s desire
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I argue that success isn’t exclusively about what you achieve, but also how you achieve it. Jim Loehr How do you define success, and how do you achieve it? These two questions are a couple of the most important questions for your life. Yet, I wonder how often people ask these questions and then actually
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