Monthly Archives: July 2011
Decision-Making: Who Do You Ask?
That’s my question of the week and also the subject of this post on decision-making. Â Fierce, Inc. is Susan Scott’s company. She’s the author of two of my favorite leadership books: Fierce Conversations and Fierce Leadership. Recently, they surveyed over … Continue reading
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Tagged action, decision making, leadership
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The Comfort of New Ideas
Surround yourself with new ideas instead of recycling old beliefs. This popped up today as I was looking at some archived coaching materials that the late Thomas Leonard created. “Beliefs,” he went on to explain, “can limit your ability to … Continue reading
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Tagged coaching, recycle, thomas leonard
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Leadership Learning from Adversity
Two things that I read today came together to make me think about what we can learn about leadership from adversity. The first was a Buddhist lecture on victory. It speaks of persistence in the face of adversity if change … Continue reading
Weddings and Comfort Zones
It never ceases to amaze me how things work out. The reason it never ceases to amaze me is because every now and then I still can forget that things do, indeed, work out. Call me a work in progress, … Continue reading
Natalie’s Question of the Week 7-25-11
Who in your life really bugs you? One person will often represent several others, who ultimately represent a part of yourself that you have not accepted. Allow yourself to feel the qualities of others that drive you nuts and acknowledge … Continue reading
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Comfort and Gratitude After a Difficult Week
This week seems to have been difficult in so many ways. The tragic events in Norway lead the list. The budget impasse in the United States; yet another oil leak; Amy Winehouse’s death (putting her in the company of Jimi … Continue reading
Heat and Comfort Zones
As if. When the mercury goes past a certain number and the dew point follows close behind, there just is no comfort zone for me. I’ve gotten a little more tolerant than I used to be, much in part to … Continue reading
Midlife Madness: Florence Greenberg and the Shirelles
In the mid-50′s, most bored housewives stayed bored. But Florence Greenberg was neither willing to cast herself in the Donna Reed/June Cleaver model nor remain bored at home. Past 40, with her children almost grown up, she decided to go … Continue reading
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Tagged being awesome, choices, happiness, opportunity
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Navigate The “Be Different” Comfort Zones
Last week, my sister sent me a link to this video about the labels we assign children: Stop Labeling I’ve been beating the drum of allowing, accepting and, yes, even embracing differences for as long as I can remember. I … Continue reading
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Tagged anian nin, aspergers, john elder robinson, labels
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Susan’s (late) Questions of the Week 7-18-11
No, it isn’t Saturday. It’s summer. I took the day off. So, this week, there’s a Monday question that relates to that day off. People seem to do things differently in the summertime. Some start projects; some go into full-out … Continue reading
