You walk into your workplace on a deceptively “normal” day, if there is such a thing anymore. The floor is sparsely populated now, various people on vacation. All is calm, all the fluorescent lights are bright. Suddenly Liz opens the…
“Yes-And” Gets Your Team Innovating!
See if this sounds familiar You are managing a working team in the now ubiquitous hybrid scenario. Your group has been tasked with generating some new ideas for the next phase of an ongoing project. While the person you report…
Imposter Syndrome Grows Up
Alice’s Dilemma Alice enters the spacious, dimly lit hotel ballroom. She sees several conference attendees already gathered at the tables up front. On the stage a long table is set with the usual water pitchers, cups, and placards indicating…
Do These 3 Things Before Asking for Help
I held a half day Say Yes! Improvisation training this week for some leaders at a nationally recognized ad agency. I had spent significant time planning the activities, putting together the powerpoint, gathering the materials, making sure the curriculum included…
Story + Context + COLOR = BRAND
Story + Context + COLOR = BRAND
Love Taking Meeting Notes? ME NEITHER!
Finally! A viable alternative to taking notes or wasting time with the replay…meet Nugget!
Serendipity and New Nuggets!
Serendipity is a chance for both gratitude and increased awareness
Confirmation Bias: Tuning Out the Truth
The horse, with blinders on – filters out any unnecessary information, and for us, inconvenient information that conflicts with what we want to keep intact for ourselves. I feel like I’m doing battle with my own biases all the time…
Head, Hands or Heart? Your Listening Style determines what you Hear AND what you Decide….
There’s plenty out there on how to deliver our message for maximum impact – but we are all listeners too. How we listen, and the filters we use in listening can determine much about what we absorb, the nature of our relationships and the actions we…
“Blursday” – Another Sideswipe from Covid 19
Are all your days looking alike? Here’s a way to take charge of your calendar! A column in yesterday’s paper struck a chord with me right from the title “What Day is it? Welcome to Blursday” For too many of us,…