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High Heel or Birkenstock?
If you’ve seen Barbie, the movie, you know the choice she made. (If you haven’t seen it yet and have seen Matrix, think: Blue or Red Pill?) Isn’t it always about our choices? No matter your role, title, gender, age, education, politics, religion – no matter the memberships you claim – our choices…
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Moving forward with
I strive to have my blogs encourage the leader within you to take action, think newly, challenge the system and yourself, and always create trusting and compassionate relationships. This post is no different. There are leadership lessons here, though the path to find them may feel not well-marked. However it feels, know that it’s intentional…
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Leadership from within: Add your voice Feb 4
Friday, February 4th, starting at 8AM Pacific time, a 90-minute Zoom to launch a new leadership book: Shifting Context: Leadership Springs from Within. This book offers a culmination of years of work with women and men leaders around the world and the principles that lead to their success. Register at http://bit.ly/shifting-context-launch. Leaders from around…
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It is what it is. And…
I admit it — I get annoyed when someone says, “It is what it is.” Seeking to relieve my annoyance and use my energy more productively, I’m trying out a possible solution. Here it is: When someone says, “It is what it is,” I now ask, “What is the “it” that you are referring to?”…
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Putting together the “team” puzzle
I like putting jigsaw puzzles together. Here’s my strategy: Pick a picture I like. Know that I am choosing the challenge, choosing to play the game. Put the frame together by assembling all the edge pieces. I touch every piece and only pull out the ones with flat edges. My focus is the to…
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Bring On the New Year!
As we move into the New Year, the phrase “Out with the old, in with the new” comes to mind. While there are certainly things from 2019 that I want to leave behind, casting off the entirety of last year doesn’t suit me either. I choose a both/and approach: I reflect on what’s passed, choose…
Read MoreThese times are our times
I’ve been trying to write a super-duper, kick-off-the-year message that would inspire you in your quest to make your unique contribution and be your best self at work and at home. I’ve been coming up blank. Writing something about the January-ness of it all – a new beginning, out with the old/in with the new,…
Read MoreBe an Olympian at Work
The Olympics are here!! With them come all the excitement of underdogs versus shoe-ins, veterans versus first-timers and photo-finish dramas. Athletes commit long before they know if they will have the opportunity to compete. They commit to the idea, to the possibility of being an Olympian and promise to do what it takes to…
Read MoreAre you living and leading by design or by default?
Riddle me this: No matter your gender or geography, your doubts or desires, your highs or lows, if you lead 5 or 500, you are always influenced by me. What am I? Answer: The conversation you have about the future. The conversation that is shaping your life, how you lead, how you follow, right…
Read MoreCubicle Concussions
Remember connecting the dots as a kid and seeing the squirrel emerge? As kids, we had to move our crayon from 1 to 2 to 3 because we couldn’t imagine what the picture was going to be. With more experience, we could “see” the picture without drawing any line. It’s time to connect the dots…
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