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Heal to Move On
IF, THEN IF saying “Let’s move on” means “get over it, forget about it, let bygones be bygones,” THEN we’re also saying, “Give up. We can’t deal with it.” IF saying “Let’s move on” means “go forth without regret or thwarted expectations, and with a clear conscience and our integrity intact,” THEN we’re also…
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Why do you ask?
The question frames and shapes the answer. The question “How far away from home are you?” asks for the number of miles you will travel. The question “When will you get home?” asks for the time you’ll open your front door. Who asks the question also frames and shapes the answer — if we are…
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Change without Blame
Will you let yourself change today and not make yourself wrong for not having changed yesterday? Will you let someone else change today and not make them wrong for not having changed yesterday? When we acknowledge “that was me yesterday, this is me today” without blame, we own our growth. Owning our past opens the…
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A leader’s job is simple, just not easy.
The summer of my sophomore year in high school I had a job at RCA Rubber in Akron, Ohio, where my Dad was the controller. My boss was Miss Phelps, the finance manager, a small, trim woman who always wore a jacket or sweater even in summer when the heat from the rubber plant below…
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Leader: Are you a Dropper-Offer or Developer?
We ask others to do things for us all the time – things we don’t want to do, things we don’t have the time to do, and things we couldn’t do even if we had the time. We drop our suits at the dry cleaners, our car at the garage, and our kids at school.…
Read MoreLions and Tigers and Liars, Oh My!
We’ve been lying as long as we’ve had language. Research shows that a child’s ability to bend the truth is a developmental milestone, much like walking and talking. While our noses don’t grow like Pinocchio’s when we lie, research shows a person’s nose can “heat up” when they lie. Liars populate our literature (Gatsby; Lady…
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Ask for Tension … (really?)
Advancement takes effort. When the effort is fueled by a self-generated commitment (part 1 in this series: your “why”) and not an other-imposed “should”, everything and everyone moves forward. When people continually seek to expand relationships and build trust (part 2:accountability knots), that behavior benefits everyone. With these two commitments activated, when support is needed,…
Read MoreAccountability Knots
In Part 1 of this 3-part series, I offered a climbing analogy for leading yourself with your commitments, your “why’s”, and I promised to share the calls-and-responses between climber and belayer that exemplify support through accountability and how to translate them into team success. Read on! (That’s me in blue jacket, belaying niece Caity.) In…
Read MoreJack and the OpportunityStalk
Ding-Dong Every now and then, we get unwanted solicitations at home – magnets advertising tree cutting services tossed on our driveway, pamphlets promising salvation slipped under our mat, volunteers ringing the bell requesting a donation. We toss the ads in the trash and flip a coin to determine if we’ll answer the door. A recent…
Read MoreGot complaints? Replace whines with action!
When a friend’s birthday approaches, I sort through my stash of cards for one that’s appropriate. For the last 6 years (OK, maybe 10), I’ve rejected the same 5 birthday cards. What I thought was funny when I bought them, isn’t funny anymore. The cards in the No pile include an old gal hiking up…
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