A Manifesto: I’m Not Going to Help You If…
I’m writing this blog to myself. You’re welcome to read it and to use any part of it you may find useful. I have to write this down because I need some boundaries. I like helping people, but I keep...
View ArticleEveryone Leads
Everyone leads. Everyone sells. Everyone connects. These are three inevitable and undeniable truths, but we try to dodge them. People deny that they lead in their everyday lives. People refuse to call...
View ArticleOh, the Noise, Noise, NOISE!
By guest blogger Renee Calvert The whinnying horse was a new one. Because our office is located in a busy business park with several doctor’s offices, a community center and an active neighborhood...
View ArticleTaking Risks in Relationships
Nearly every relationship starts with courage. To meet someone and get to know him or her requires vulnerability. To take relationships to deeper levels requires even more vulnerability, exposing...
View ArticleShared Spaces
At home, at work, at school, out in public, on an airplane, in our cars, no matter where we go… We all share common spaces.By and large, we do a fine job of sharing those common spaces. We have to in...
View ArticleA Part of the Whole
In Star Trek: The Next Generation, Captain Jean-Luc Picard is overtaken by the Borg. This race of cyborgs says to him over and over again “resistance is futile.” Eventually, Picard succumbs. Indeed,...
View ArticleTalk is Cheap
When you say “thank you” or other words typically used to express appreciation, be sure your behaviors back up what you’ve verbalized. Insincere or automatic responses are no better than manipulative...
View ArticleWhen Teaching, Don’t Forget to Learn
As I’m writing this, I’m preparing to say goodbye to 21 leaders graduating from a year-long immersion leadership program. We’ve traveled together, celebrated together, learned together and laughed a...
View ArticleIt’s Not about You
You can breathe a big sigh of relief because this blog is not about you. In fact, there isn’t much in this world that is about you. Throughout time and space and even in this moment, almost nothing is...
View ArticleIt’s Just a Little White Lie…
Do you want the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth? The unvarnished truth? The ugly truth? If you’re like most people – and if you’re being honest with yourself – the answer is probably...
View ArticleOrganized Chaos
by Guest Blogger Renee Calvert Some of the best afternoons I’ve spent are the ones where I went for a rambling walk around the city where I lived. These walks had zero planning beyond a cursory...
View ArticleCatty Comments
First there was Midnight. Then came Spook-a-Boo, Frosty and Frisky. Then there was Woody and Bernie (short for Woodward and Bernstein – I was in journalism school at the time). Then Figaro. Now it’s...
View ArticleBoth Sides of the Fence
By guest blogger Renee Calvert Like many recent graduates, I’ve spent the last six months or so looking for work in my chosen field. At the same time, I’ve been asked to find and train my own...
View ArticleWhat Do You Contribute to Your Team?
I’ve listed 16 words. Each is a hallmark of a particular personality type and is used to describe that type’s unique contribution to a team. Dependability Ingenuity Energy Decisiveness Commitment...
View ArticleI Don’t “Get” You
Ever meet someone who you instantly did not like? Someone who, for no apparent reason, just got on your nerves? Over time, perhaps you had a chance to get better acquainted, and you realized your...
View ArticleAre You Fooling Yourself?
“C’mon! Let’s see what you’ve got. Just take your best shot…” It’s a catchy line from a Styx song with a chorus that repeats “You’re fooling yourself if you don’t believe it. You’re kidding yourself,...
View ArticleHow Comfortable Are You with Touch?
The handshake. The hug. The fist bump. The pat on the back. The kiss on each cheek that’s so common in other cultures. That’s a lot of touchy-feely behavior to contend with, especially if you’re not...
View ArticleAssumptions Derail Communication
At the root of every mis-communication, of every misunderstanding, is an assumption. We assume that people know exactly what we mean. We assume that people interpret things the same way we do. We...
View ArticleMaybe There’s More than One “Right” Way
Recently I took a trip to Europe with my daughter. It was part personal and part business. I have known for about a year that I would be taking this trip. She has known she would be going along on the...
View ArticleFrom Insight to Outsight
The most effective people I know are the ones who have developed keen self-awareness. Developing insight into one’s own self provides opportunities for being able to understand one’s own motivations,...
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