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Accountability + Empathy = Results
Our research shows that compassion is anything but soft…Based on taking ownership and being proactive, the Compassionate Leader Model shows four distinct ways of relating to others. Take a look here: Compassionate Leader Model Is my behavior Proactive or Reactive? Leaders find themselves thinking and behaving above the line (the horizontal axis) when they are…
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Bouncing Back from a Set-back
Brooks and Grayson both get cut from the team. Grayson accepts that he is not a good player and gives up baseball, but Brooks doubles down and plays harder, convinced that his next tryout will be more successful. Terry and Jack’s performance was a disappointment, and their report was judged a failure. Jack sees the…
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Golf
Golf…I’ve always wondered about the fascination with golf, and certainly never thought it would be a sport for me. Emily, my daughter, and I took lessons this summer. Perhaps it was the gorgeous, warm but low-humidity summer that gives the season a great reputation, or perhaps it was some unique mother-daughter time. A serene, park-like…
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The Tale of Two Cookies
A woman was waiting at an airport one night, With several long hours before her flight. She hunted for a book in the airport shops, Bought a bag of cookies and found a place to drop. She was engrossed in her book but happened to see, That that the man sitting beside her, as bold…
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WAIT
I suppose leaders (people!) who talk too much top the list for what not to do on the interpersonal skills list. Uggh.! Talk 1/3, listen 2/3….just doesn’t resonate with some people. Maybe that’s why I still like the acronym WAIT – it stands for Why Am I Talking? It asks for some self-awareness around purpose,…
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You Can’t Predict a Breakthrough
Remember the pogo stick? Other than riding a bike without training wheels, it was one of the first activities I remember having to really practice over and over again before I got it. To get just a couple of jumps on this one-legged device before falling off was tough in the beginning! Once a couple…
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What do you see?
What do you see in this very moment… Winter isn’t my season of choice. In fact, I often have to stretch myself to see the beauty of the season – things look stark, dull and lifeless. As I have watched this season, however, there is a beautiful stillness, a peace, even a strength behind it…