“Whether at work or in personal relationships, genuine transparency goes hand in hand with the very real risk of rejection, nonetheless it is worth that risk”. The end of May marks the end of this phase of this weekly writing project and looking back over the past 18 weeks, I feel like soundly pushed ...
“We know our actions speak louder than words, but what are we actually saying when we think we are being silent”? When I taught my first undergraduate leadership course as a graduate student nearly two decades ago, one of the first topics we covered was Johari’s Window (Luft & Ingham, 1955). This simple quadrant ...
“It’s not always my job, but it is always my responsibility”. Often one of the first things we say when we meet someone new is to ask (or be asked) “so what do you do”? While we know as a cultural reflex, this mean what do you do for a living or what is ...
“There is no microwave version of self-change. You have to commit to it and persist in it”. Feelings and attitudes are not the same thing. To greater or lesser degrees we are all governed by our feelings. While we sometime think of feelings as something we cannot control, we can all think of examples ...
“You can never truly grow without first making yourself vulnerable – trusting that the reward of learning will outweigh the risk of rejection” Whether you are in the private or public sector, those of us who work within traditional organizations sometimes think of entrepreneurs as a separate professional species. Entrepreneurs and employees of traditional ...
“Motivation is the Spark. Discipline is the Flame. Momentum is the Fuel”. There are certain things that once we have decided we need to do them, we jump right in and complete the task. In many instances, however, we find ourselves seeking the sometimes elusive feeling we call motivation. What motivates us varies greatly ...
“Prioritize Progress over Perfection – Ready, Fire, Aim is a better strategy than Ready, Aim, Aim”. Whether it is something new in your current career or you are looking to break ground into a new field, we all have small insecurities that we compensate for in different ways. For many of us, one common coping mechanism ...