“Our feelings are not there to be cast out or conquered. They’re there to be engaged and expressed with imagination and intelligence.” — T.K. Coleman “My problem is that I’m too emotional.” My client sat slumped in her chair. Everything about her drooped, from her expression to her shoulders and likely to her toes, if…
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Developing a Leadership Practice
Effective leaders need to be self-aware – they need to understand their strengths and weaknesses, their possible blind spots, and the style of leadership to which they gravitate. – Dr. Larry Richard I have been thinking about what it means to have a practice of something. Specifically, what it takes to have a practice and…
Fundamentals of Building Trust
“The way to make people trust-worthy is to trust them.” – Ernest Hemingway “I need to build trust. Fast.” These are the words I heard from an earnest executive I worked with this week. She’s in a new business ecosystem which is undergoing immense change. She has an important role and wants to develop trust…
Your Focus Is Your Choice
“The ability to choose cannot be taken away or even given away – it can only be forgotten.” Greg McKeown “If you don’t know where you are going, any road will take you there.” This quote summarizes the advice from the Cheshire Cat to Alice, in Lewis Carroll’s beloved Alice in Wonderland. This quote is…
Listening – One of Our Greatest Communication Skills
Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force … When we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold and expand. Ideas actually begin to grow within us and come to life. – Brenda Ueland “There is something different in the way I’m able to talk to him,” said my client, a…
How to Get Out of Your Own Way: Four Necessary Questions
“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.” Rumi You decided to stop micro-managing and delegate more, and yet you find yourself with more work than ever. You decided to talk less and “share the air” more, and yet you consistently find yourself…
Staying Creative for Maximum Leadership Effectiveness
“I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.” – Stephen Covey Have you ever been reading an email and gotten triggered by what someone said, or even how they worded something, and then fallen into the reactivity trap? Me, too. In fact, even the most conscious and intentional…
How To Be a Pioneer in Your Own Development
There are clear shifts happening in our environment. The way people work, live, and play is fundamentally changing. The pace of change, fueled by the Internet, technology, and multi-continent collaboration is fast and furious – inspiring and scary at the same time. As a result, there is another important change happening, albeit a much quieter…
ShePeak… Women Leaders On The Rise
“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” – Anaïs Nin Decades ago, when women began to enter the ranks of leadership in corporate America, they entered not as women, but as men. What I mean by that is that many…
Ten Essential Habits To Make 2018 Your Best Year At Work
The beginning of the year is a great time to reflect and reset. There is a communal energy that flows through us that can be used as an inspiring launch pad to better outcomes in the New Year. We’ve compiled some of our best pLink insights to help you make this New Year one of…