Another year, another metaphor for my word of 2023, and lately I’ve been thinking about water. Maybe it’s watching the lake in Door County. The […]
In Conclusion: The Word of 2022 HEART
The last day of 2022. I picked HEART as my word for this year. I didn’t know what it would mean to me, I never […]
Word of the Year Workshop
It’s almost that time again, choosing a new word of the year! I did my third annual workshop for my coworkers today on this subject. […]
Winter Run
The winter storm lifts just enough to go for my first run in days. It’s still cold, the roads are icy, but the wind has […]
Find the Sugar
I started listening to How to Change by Katy Milkman during my run this morning — a book about habits and behavior change. I take […]
Living into our values
I reread Dare to Lead by Brené Brown this weekend in preparation to facilitate a couple of book club discussions on it for my leadership […]
Space
One of those lessons that gets put in front of me a lot that I think I am (kind of, sort of) learning: create space […]
5 Tips to Improve Your Emotional Intelligence
Emotional Intelligence (or EQ, emotional quotient) Emotional intelligence is “the ability to understand, use, and manage your own emotions in positive ways to relieve stress, communicate […]
GROW Model
We had a people manager training at work today that (for once) was not led by me. I invited an executive coach who often does […]
This Again
I have almost written three blogs tonight. One on the Ted Talk “Everyday Leadership“. One on the Ted Talk “How to start a movement.” One […]