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New Year, New Decade
Find All the Good First
How to Make 2020 Your Best Year (and Decade) Yet
Before reading further, if you’re beating yourself up for not being where you want to be, especially with the added “pressure” of entering a new decade, then stop. Take a deep breath, and exhale slowly. Now breathe in the present […]
Give thanks
It makes you a better leader
Leading Across Cultures?
Fine-Tune Your Executive Presence
Women leaders: Your high self-awareness isn’t enough
The best leaders demonstrate high self-awareness. And research shows that women leaders generally have higher self-awareness than men. Women also rate themselves higher on their level of self-awareness than men do, and so do their direct reports, managers, and peers. […]
Lead with Feedback: Two Essential Tips for How to Receive It
We All Love Getting Feedback – As Long As It’s Positive
Lead with Feedback: Two Essential Tips for How to Give It
To help people excel, point out their excellence, not their failure
Leading with Mindfulness
The power of contemplative practices
Leading with Empathy: Kindness Trumps Toughness
Worried you’re too “soft” a person to ever be as successful as your more intimidating peers?
Do Your People Trust You?
It takes more than personal integrity
Difficult Conversations
How to use them to help people grow
Put Yourself on Your Holiday Gift List
The other day I asked a client what was the one single thing that would change his work life for the better?
Why end the summer holiday?
Michael Paterniti describes 13 years living under the spell of a tiny Spanish town
As summertime comes to an end, we found this delightful story by Michael Paterniti about how he turned a trip to Guzman, Spain into something much more–for his life, his work, and his family.
A tennis lesson in leadership
W. Timothy Gallwey shows us how to play ‘out of our mind’ and through our body
The other day a client was coming to terms with her communication behavior when she’s in competitive situations with colleagues, which leaves her vulnerable to underhanded office politics and gets in the way of her doing her job successfully.
