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I think of summer as a generous time of year: the sun is beaming, farmer’s markets are overflowing with ripe produce, and leafy trees are offering up their shade. Generosity is an important human quality, and it is becoming recognized as an important leadership trait that can benefit organizations and the individual. Adam Grant, Wharton […]
“The intangible represents the real power of the universe. It is the seed of the tangible” -Bruce Lee What is the intangible? It is what we can’t touch or measure. (The word “tangible” comes from the Latin word, “tangere,” to touch). And yet I believe that the intangibles in relationships, including business relationships, matter more than […]
I found some great Memorial Day weekend reading in this month’s Harvard Business Review, and as I travel this weekend I’ll be thinking more about one article in particular, The Surprising Power of Questions by Alison Wood Brooks and Leslie K. John. The authors break the issue of questioning down to two main problems: “Most of us […]
People love superhero stories in part because we all wish we had special powers beyond the ordinary. Yet every day we overlook or undervalue special talents in ourselves and others that are as useful in our lives as X-ray vision or super strength. In an article in the Harvard Business Review, “Why Talented People Don’t Use […]
Most of us will hold back at one point or another when we could be leading with our full selves. We have an inkling of where we want to go and what we want to do. We know what we’d be good at, or at least we have a suspicion. Yet, in our everyday lives, […]
Many of us wonder how better to motivate and influence the people around us. It’s a question I am regularly asked by clients who want to lean in to their leadership, but who aren’t quite sure how to do it. It is an important question, and the answer, I believe, is that people are most […]
Recently I worked with a leader who said that he was confused about an important decision he needed to make. We discussed ways he could figure out an answer, but when I saw him next, he said he was still uncertain, and listed for me some of the pros and cons of making one choice […]
Strong cognitive skills–those that can be measured with IQ tests, for instance–are always in demand in the marketplace. However, new research by economists finds that employers are also increasingly searching for applicants with other strengths: “non-cognitive” soft skills such as teamwork, collaboration, and oral and written communication skills. This is a strong affirmation for the […]
How many times do you leave a one-on-one meeting or conversation with your boss or coworker feeling unsure about just what their motivations were, or what kind of impact you made? “What did they really think about what I had to say?” you might ask yourself. “I wish they weren’t so hard to read.” How often do you go […]
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