“Agile listeners adapt not only their approach, but their energy because the quality of our listening shapes the quality of every relationship.” — Kittie W. Watson, Ph.D. In a world overflowing with noise of digital alerts, competing priorities and back-to-back meetings, our ability to listen well is often compromised. If you’ve ever been criticized […]
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“Mindfulness means being awake. It means knowing what you are doing.” — Jon Kabat-Zinn, from Wherever You Go, There You Are The connection between lack of mindfulness on the road and in the office lies in the shared consequences of inattention—whether it’s physical harm on the road or emotional and organizational harm in the workplace. Both
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“Courage is not the absence of fear, but action in the face of it.” – Mark Twain Since the election, leaders in both corporate and government sectors are facing situations that violate their core values, leading to feelings of shame, depression and anxiety. In the mental health world, this is known as moral injury. Moral
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“We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.” — Anais Nin Have you ever visited the PEEPERS website? It offers a wide variety of glasses, including readers, sunglasses, blue light glasses, and non-prescription options. One notable feature is the ability to use your camera to see what the glasses will
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Take a moment to reflect on your ability to handle the unexpected. How have you changed course when faced with disrupted plans, disappointment and/or adversity? One’s ability to adapt in the moment, a valued leadership trait, requires flexibility, resilience and patience. As you enter 2024, work on ways to adapt and reframe the unexpected as
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What if you opened a book and it had no margins? Would you put it down and find something else to read or would you push through to get to the end? It is the middle of November, with only seven weeks left in the year, and many leaders feel pressured to fill every minute
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