7 Questions For More Curiosity & Less Assuming
I ask a lot of questions. I’m sure I drove my parents more than a little crazy with all my questions as a child. What was that like? What for? What if? Why not? Then we grow up and start…
Road to Resiliency
Stress Management, a priority training topic back in the eighties and nineties, is making a big comeback. Today’s work climate is plagued with budget cuts, heavy workloads, and fewer employees being expected to do the work previously intended for numbers…
Part 2, Human Resources Challenges in the small to mid-size company
I have a partnership with an HR Consulting firm called Converge, Inc. I've been working with Converge founder, Mark Izzo, for the past several months to create a series of educational offerings for small and mid-size business owners, including webinars,…
Women’s Retreat, November 6, 2010
Men, please don't take offense at what I'll say next. One of the things I love most about being a coach is the opportunities I am given to work with other women. Just as there is a certain fraternity among…
Critical Engagement Recorded Webinar
LISTEN AT YOUR CONVENIENCE: Click here to listen to a recorded version of "Critical Engagement, Prepare Your Organization Now." FREE ASSESSMENT! Participants in the live versions of this popular webinar complete our Employee Engagement Readiness Assessment, which we debrief on…
Truth Telling and Creativity
Robert Fritz, musician, film maker, and organizational consultant, has articulated three principles that can help leaders more effectively create desired outcomes. The first principle, creating is different from problem-solving, was the topic of a previous blog post. Fritz's second principle…
Creating is not the same as Problem-Solving
I’ve written before about Appreciative Inquiry (Ai). Ai is a whole-system approach to change grounded in the belief that the system (team, organization, family, etc.) will move towards and therefore get more of those things on which it focuses it’s…
The Five Fundamentals of Teamwork; based on the Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni
“Leadership is a process by which a person influences others to accomplish an objective and directs the organization in a way that makes it more cohesive and coherent.” - Source Unknown Effectively leading an organization, as the quote above states,…
Community Investment Conference: It Takes a Village to Raise a Village, Oct 20, 2009
What are you doing next Tuesday? How about spending some time with me at Ursinus College? My friend and colleague, James Johnson, has put together an outstanding lineup for our Community Investment Conference being held in Olin Hall at Ursinus…
Community Building with Journey Woman, Dafna Michaelson
Last month, I was honored with the opportunity to be interviewed by Dafna Michaelson, Journey Woman. Dafna is on a yearlong journey to meet and talk with community problem solvers in each of America’s 50 states. I was selected as…
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