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Your Gut Already Knows
It’s the season of costumes, candy, and things that go bump in the night. But let’s be honest, the scariest thing most of us face isn’t a haunted house. It’s the decision we’ve been avoiding for weeks.
You know the one. The conversation you need to have. The process you need to change. The hire you need to make or the one you need to let go. The pitch you need to deliver. The boundary you need to set.
And yet, you hesitate. Because what if you’re wrong? What if it backfires? What if people judge you, or worse, what if you…
From Shame Spiral to The Human Edge™: Bouncing Back After Mistakes
This past week, I managed to make a mistake that cost me time, money, and my sanity. (Let’s just say my computer and I are…
7 Leadership & Service Lessons from the Mediterranean
(Through the Lens of The Human Edge™)
Recently, I was fortunate enough to get off the grid with my sweetheart, Blue-eyes, for three full weeks, traveling…
Are You Truly Celebrating the Season?
2022 brought uncertainty, inflation, supply-chain shortages, bigotry, uncomfortable change and all too often, vitriol. The demands on everyone’s time only seemed to increase causing many…
Do Your Rituals Serve or Sabotage You?
Whether your caregivers read you a nightly bedtime story or your work team regularly meditates before a meeting, you experienced the power of rituals. These…
5 Strategies to Leverage Your Professional, Digital Connections
When was it that people first started to chat about their digital connections? I’m sure Reid Hoffman, the founder of LinkedIn would know. LinkedIn was…
Why Empathetic Leaders Must Read Fiction
Empathy, the necessary human trait of having the ability to share in the feeling of others, is declining in our society. Things have gotten worse,…
How to Politely Leave a Meeting Early
Would it surprise you to learn my Google Analytics report shows my most searched for blog continues to be “phraseology to leave a meeting early”?…
Extroverts…Listen Up!
Have you ever heard of an ambivert? No, it isn’t a West Texas animal or a driverless vehicle. An ambivert (and I confess to being…
5 Strategies to Create a Culture of Psychological Safety
Can you recall a time at work you hesitated to share your thoughts, opinions or truth out of concern for possible embarrassment, rejection or even…
5 Ways to Create Boundaries (to Avoid Workplace Burnout)
Feeling burned-out? Fried? Crispy? Well-done and over it? Already planning your next weekend on Monday morning at 8:02 a.m.? Oh, that’s right…I forgot. Someone already…
