Words of Wisdom – Page 17

Compromising Your integrity For Your Career

Recently, I’ve been thinking about what happens when an event at work causes us to question our own integrity. This post is about these kinds of dilemmas — when we are faced with the difficult choice of protecting our integrity or doing what seems right for our career. Here’s ...

When Things Fall Apart

The post is about coping with situations when things fall apart. A few days ago, I learned that a child of one of my clients died in a terrible accident. This put me into a state of shock and despair. What could I do? I felt so helpless. My ...

Suggestions for Better Team Collaboration

Team collaboration continues to be an important topic for me in my coaching practice. In the course of my research, I recently read a study conducted jointly by the Concours Institute and the Cooperative Research Project of London Business School. They sent surveys to team members and leads, executives, and ...

A Gift To Yourself For The Holidays

I hope all my subscribers enjoy the benefits of taking time off over the holidays. We work hard, and it is rare that we allow ourselves the luxury of true rest and relaxation. The holidays give us time to reflect on the accomplishments and challenges of the past year ...

Message from a Wise Owl – Try Not to Rush

As often happens this time of year, I find myself winding down and rushing to get things done, all at the same time. The holidays are filled with lots of obligations, events and chores. And yet, the short days, lingering darkness and pending end of the year all signal that ...

Resolving to Be More Kind and Peaceful in the New Year

The start of a new year is a wonderful time to begin anew. Many of us come up with similar New Year’s resolutions. We resolve to exercise more, eat better, keep our weight under control, be more organized, reach out to family and friends more often, etc. The list ...

Focus On Your Customer

This post is is about the importance of focusing on your customer. “Customer” comes from Middle English and is defined as “a person who purchases goods or services from another.” The Middle English word is derived from the Latin word consuescere, which means “to accustom,” and the Medieval Latin ...

Don’t Judge a Book By It’s Cover

This post is a follow up to my previous post entitled “The Importance of Emotional Connection.” That piece focused on my experience with a surgeon and other healthcare providers when I had nose surgery right before this past Thanksgiving. This post is the follow-up to that piece as well ...

Clear Communication in Times of Crisis

This post was written at the request of a technology manager I work with who wanted guidance on an all-too-common scenario: How to make decisions and communicate appropriately during times of crisis and high stress. When something goes wrong—a major server outage, a system failure, or a missed deadline—how does ...

Noticing the Coming of Spring

Four times a year, we have an opportunity to take notice of the changing seasons. We often don’t tune in to the seasonal changes because our lives are so busy. We don’t rely on the heat of the sun in spring and summer to keep us warm. And when ...

Remarkable Bosses

This post comes from a previous client of mine and his long-time mentor, Roy Gardner. Roy has been a consultant, coach and mentor to many people over the years, and I appreciate his observations of what remarkable bosses do and how they act. There are some great suggestions embedded within ...

Do What Makes You Happy

This post comes from a book I just finished reading, “Short Night of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis” by Timothy Egan. It’s a wonderful book about how the famous photographer Edward Curtis grew up in the Midwest, how he started taking ...

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