May 22, 2015
“I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance.” Pablo Casals The more I see others from my heart and not my judgment, the more compassion I have for my fellow human beings. Admittedly, this is a work in progress. There’s something poignant about pilots reporting their final passenger count as having a […]
May 13, 2015
Beneath every commuication is a feeling. This feeling drives your communication. How conscious you are of your communication will have an effect on others. All of our clients tell us that they want better, more effective communication at work. Most people are hungry for communication that is real, honest, clear, conscise and most important – respectful. Communication is suffering in […]
March 29, 2015
“That nothing is static or fixed, that all is fleeting and impermanent, is the first mark of existence. It is the ordinary state of affairs. Everything is in process. Everything—every tree, every blade of grass, all the animals, insects, human beings, buildings, the animate and the inanimate—is always changing, moment to moment.” Pema Chodron I had the privilege of […]
February 1, 2015
“Brain science’s transformation of management isn’t just about another new technique or model. It’s about shifting our paradigm to incorporate the hard data of science and fundamentally changing the way we think about business.” Charles S. Jacobs, Management Rewired Neuroscience will revolutionize the way we do business. It will do that because it will eventually transform the way we view […]
January 31, 2015
“We sense we’ve reached the end of something.” Lynne McTaggart, author, The Bond In Part 1 of this article I explored some of the forces that have shaped our vision of workplace relationships. There’s an increasing amount of rhetoric in business conversations today about the importance of optimizing people to maximize their strengths and nurture passion and creativity. Hey, I’m […]
January 26, 2015
In his book, Your Brain at Work, author David Rock gave organizational leaders an essential model for understanding human dynamics at work. Forget the “toolkit.” This model is the foundation that holds everything affecting performance in place. Leaders and co-workers entering the brave new world of business in the 21st century who ignore this knowledge face a serious uphill climb. […]
January 24, 2015
I used to facilitate a three-day seminar I had co-developed for the American Management Association on conflict management. From San Francisco to New York, I heard an endless array of workplace “war stories” over five years. One woman’s experience remains with me today. (Sara) was distressed and sought out my advice at the end of the first day of the […]
December 4, 2014
Which world view dominates our collective mindset – one of scarcity or abundance? Which world view dominates your personal mindset? It’s an important question because this core world view is easily the mother-ship of most of the beliefs that shape our existence. What you believe; what we believe, determines much of how we act. The world we inhabit today is […]
October 30, 2014
It strikes me that this is an era of pressing choices – personal and collective. Conditioned and habituated thinking cannot address the complexities we face. We’re caught up in old, polarized, binary thinking that is not only an impediment to our growth – but regressive and potentially dangerous. How do we make complex decisions in the face of such pressure? […]