What fun when a stranger connection is front and center, especially when you were not even looking. That usually happens in Session Three of Total leadership Connections. Since one of the present classes is just ready for the integration session where so much magic happens I should not have been surprised about today. I was.. read more →
Did you ever wonder why blame is everywhere? What happens that we are happier pointing our fingers at anyone we can rather than say “Yup, I did it!” Two reasons: safety and sameness. As kids we have few resources at our disposal to stay safe. We can run and hide, at least for a short.. read more →
On the plane from San Francisco back to Newark on Monday I spent the entire flight researching the concept of wholeness for the workplace. Wholeness, feeling complete, full, lacking fragmentation. It is such an elusive term, yet fascinating in its reach into the inner space in every human being. When we feel contented with our.. read more →
Some thoughts for VALENTINE’S DAY……..The whole world is striving for wholeness, just watch the uprising in Egypt and how a basically non-violent gathering of huge numbers of people toppled a corrupt regime. Liberation square was filled with dancing and love. Think about the number of men and women who stood vigil around the hospital where.. read more →
The following article highlights an important aspect of work, self-care. In most high pressure organizations it is a status symbol to discuss how little sleep one has gotten. Now, what is being validated is that the effects of stress, sleeplessness, poor nutrition absolutely do impact our capacity for creativity and effective work. Self-caring is not.. read more →
Everyone I coach, either individually or as a group struggles with how to effect change at work. Most have been through many other programs and find that the core of what they learn in Total leadership Connections or through executive coaching has been a major missing piece. We truly can’t start our lives today as.. read more →
Did you ever look at yourself in a mirror? Duh! What a dumb question. Okay, that handled, next question is “What do you really see”? Remember the myth of Narcissus? He was a typical guy from way long ago. Typical, except he was renowned for his beauty, today we would call him a real hunk... read more →
The best way to get everyone at work to think multiversity (diversity is still too closed a concept) is to use science fiction. It is safe, fun and gets the point across without stuffing it in the faces of those who might be too afraid to look at their attitudes and feelings. So, let’s take.. read more →
Had a meeting in Manhattan and stayed to see “Memphis”. It was a rocking good show, worth the time and the money. The Tony award musical is set in the blandest of times, the 1950’s. Actually, I stand corrected. It was not bland at all. It was, however, a time when conflicts and dissentions were.. read more →
Mikayla was a tiny, darting arrow of a kid. She was bright, curious and always asked a ton of “yes, but why” questions. Today, she is a tiny, darting arrow of a woman. Still bright and curious and always pushing the edges of what is possible, what we are to believe, to accept as the.. read more →
