To forgive is . . .
There’s a bit of an in-joke that my husband and I share. When he’s done something that I feel he needs feedback on, or that surprises me (OK, I mean when he gets it wrong), and when I’ve got over his minor indiscretion or slip up, and he thanks me for my wonderful patience, I… Read More To forgive is . . .
Keeping it simple . . .
A friend told me that in her office colleagues keep a “can of inspiration” – and in it they put ideas about good leadership. Here’s an idea. In your office today, why not get together with your team and decide what you might put in your own can that defines what you all think good… Read More Keeping it simple . . .
Fail for the right reason . . .
Dr Valerie Young is an expert on imposter syndrome in the workplace. She suggests that there’s an important characteristic that everyone who experiences this self-doubt shares: “People who feel like impostors have unsustainably high self-expectations around competence. No one likes to fail, but impostors experience shame when they fail.” I like to think that there is no… Read More Fail for the right reason . . .
Excuse me . . .
A wonderful colleague described how, in a difficult time at work, they had once “trod the path of least resistance” when being managed by a bad manager. A manager who didn’t believe in staff development, who argued openly with colleagues, and who led a dysfunctional team (because they couldn’t manage). And the result? You can… Read More Excuse me . . .
Little by little . . .
I learnt this today: The Chinese word for coaching is 陪導 (pei dao), made up of two separate words – path or journey, and inch. So, literally . . . “Journeying together, one inch at a time.” This reminds me of so many good, positive thoughts around coaching . . . of rapport-building, of developing, of working… Read More Little by little . . .
With the times . . .
A friend sent me a video link for a wine cooler that appears out of the ground, in your living room, at the touch of a button, delivering your tipple perfectly cooled and with such ease it’s bordering on the lazy. Brilliant! And this, on top of a weekend away at a family wedding where… Read More With the times . . .
Can you live with it?
Choose well . . .
“To say you have no choice is to relieve yourself of responsibility.” Patrick Ness. Choice over what’s happened to us? Probably not. Choice about the response we make? I think so.
Do you dare?
“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I – I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.” Robert Frost
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