Making Sense of Complexity
“Embracing complexity requires acknowledging that when things are hard to decipher and solutions seem out of easy reach, they probably are.”
Resources for Leading Virtually
Since many of us will be working virtually for quite a bit longer, finding new and different ways to stay connected remains important. Enhancing the quality of our gatherings can enhance our work cultures for the long haul.
How We Change Our Brains (and why that matters)
“If the first big idea is that our brains are not all that well-designed for a reality that isn’t primarily focused on physical threats and rewards, the second big idea is the good news: We can change our brains.”
The Problem With Problem-Solving
The challenges we are collectively facing are profound and highly complex. I believe that learning to shift from problem-solving to being truly present in the complexity of those challenges is critical capacity for our society and world.
The Doing and Being of Difficult Conversations
“To successfully transform a conversation from just plain difficult to productive and constructive, we needed to genuinely be able to hear the other person.”
For the Sake of What?
“In the moment, our habitual patterns of behavior can be strong enough to override our desires for things to be different.”
Mood Check
“Becoming aware of mood gives you a chance to shift or generate moods rather quickly.”
Learning from Head to Toe: Embodying Leadership
“One of the main reasons that change doesn’t stick, or feels hard, is that we typically try to do the work only in our heads”.
Practicing Leadership
“Awareness creates choice, practice creates capacity.” - Amanda Blake
Career Conversations in Complex Times
“Complicated is predictable and knowable, whereas complex is unknowable in advance.”
Creating Psychological Safety from the Inside Out
“Creating the conditions for psychological safety is an intentional act of leadership.”
Best of 2018: Books, Podcasts, and Blogs
As 2018 comes to a close, I’ve been reflecting on the things I’ve read and learned this year. Here’s my “best of” list. It includes the books, podcasts and blogs that enriched, expanded and challenge my thinking this year. I hope you find one or two things that appeal to you and that you can learn from in 2019.
Slow Down, Do Less, Observe More: A Leadership Journey
“I didn’t know how to do less and could not recognize when less was more than enough. I was paying too high a price for being all-in, all the time.”
A Tribute to My Teacher
“Doug Silsbee’s work combined many of the things I was already exploring (mindfulness, neuroscience, adult development) with other domains I’d never heard of (somatic work, polarity management, and more) in a way that was both fresh and familiar.”
“Just” Noticing – Spark Change with this Simple Practice
“Before we try to create new habits, we spend time on self- observation.”
The Habit of Curiosity
“When we commit to curiosity, we are able to learn, to grow, and develop ourselves and our relationships. When we are committed to being right, we can see or hear little other than our own voice and our own perspective.”
Great Leaders Sleep Well – Why Rest is Critical for Success
“Sleeping well is highly correlated to both good health and good leadership”
Overcoming Your Habit Nature – Embrace Your Saboteurs
“What can we do to work with our habit nature—with the parts
of ourselves that are the most resistant to change?”