HR Professionals

Gratitude

Why Do We Love Thanksgiving So?

Working in multi-national companies I was often asked why Americans love Thanksgiving so much.  I see Thanksgiving possessing two important keys of emotional and spiritual well-being. First, gratitude shifts us from a scarcity to an abundance mindset.  And that small but critical shift is at the heart of so many things: We get to enjoy …

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control

How to Handle a Loss of Control

As last week’s election evolved, it was hard to deny that only half of the people got their desired outcome.  And it got me thinking:  This happens at work a lot. Your team’s raises are denied because even though it’s been a good year, the one before wasn’t.  Or your team has to develop presentations …

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goals for 2020

What Matters About This Moment

Remember “Vision 2020?”  That was every company’s mantra about five years ago.  2020 was supposed to be the year of clarity; of focus; the year that would show us the way forward.   I would argue that it still is.  Last week I had an outdoor coffee with a friend who is a psychologist.  The …

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what is management

Why Your Team May Not Be Performing

Last week the topic of management came up with two clients, in different ways.  First with a client who got tough feedback from her team.  Turns out that even though she is engaging and they really like her, she wasn’t doing the job of managing them.  It is affecting their confidence about their own long …

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feeling like a fraud

Feeling Like a Fraud?

Last week a client told me that calls with her team have become mentally exhausting.  She tries to be upbeat, but just feels like she’s lying.  Nothing is in her control and there’s no good news on the horizon.   “That’s no fun,” I said.   “I know, right?” she said.  And not long after that, …

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Commitment

12 Years Ago I Made a Commitment

In 2008 I quit my job to become a coach.  I studied and got three certifications.  I hired a master coach to work with me.  I offered free sample coaching sessions to over 50 friends and colleagues.  Someone told me, “You won’t really be a coach until you’ve run a $10/person seminar in a church …

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Wasting the Best of Your Team

Are You Wasting the Best of Your Team? – Clarity Conversation With Creative Facilitator Martin Holme

One of the small pleasures that emerged from confinement is that the city became so quiet, I could hear loud bird song each morning during my coffee and meditation.  I thought about that last Friday when I had a rich conversation with creativity facilitator Martin Holme.  In corporate life the frantic pace, competition and performance …

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