As a consultant, working with a final decision maker is a hell of a lot easier than someone who is fulfilling a role of authority, but isn’t really empowered. How can it be that someone can be deemed responsible, but really isn’t? It happens all the time. I posted earlier about how some project managers are glorified […]
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Navigating Trust, A Fae Tale. #randomthoughts #poetryofwork
Trust has many stages of development. At birth, its new and pure. Easy to feel or touch and believe in but small. As a toddler, it grows bigger and stronger, becoming more stable or grounded with every step, yet it’s still not mature. But in its teenage years, it starts to flounder with depth. Still easy to come […]
The Third Act
I was scanning my inbox of TED talks and saw this post on friendship – featuring two long-time actor/friends Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin. The intro had me hooked. And so I watched the whole thing, intrigued by the message of feminism permeating every part of the discussion. And then the next TED talk came […]
The Price of Freedom
I don’t know about you, but I am one of the busiest people I know. I am networking. Drumming up ideas for two start ups. Meeting people who might be interested in working together. Scheduling and managing client meetings. Planning a series of workshops. Managing resources and connecting dots. Wrapping up proposals. And the list […]
Missing the Right Moment
As I see it, it takes (at least) three things to seize an opportunity in the right moment. In a split second, the moment can be lost. And although it didn’t seem like a big deal, it could have been the catalyst for your next career or life move. 3 Things For Seizing the Moment: 1. […]
Zero Balance
Things are tense in the family household. As two entrepreneurs and parents, we are navigating risk & reward; experience & ignorance; and freedom & fear. When the bank account pops up at zero balance, it punctuates an unsettled feeling of taking two steps backward, before propelling ourselves (hopefully) forward into the safe zone of steady […]
Dirty Little Secret to Getting Ahead
As someone who meets all types of people, from different shapes and sizes to different values and sets of standards, there is one secret that is not universally understood. I call it a dirty little secret to get ahead. It entails “who you know” being “cunning”, and perhaps an air of “entitlement”. And it’s simple. […]
People afraid of people
We live in a world that is no longer bonded by the idea of “we’re in this together”. It seems that we’ve become more and more isolated, whether it’s home to car to home or stay home and work remotely from a screen. Unless we take public transit or work in organizations focused on helping […]
How (maybe?) to hire your first employee
Today I met with a person who I really, really want to hire for my business. He would be the first real employee, so this is a big deal, and a big leap for me. (I’ve been thinking about expanding for over three years!) The problem is, I can’t hire him right now. I need […]
The Psychology of Angry Motivation
Unlike my cohorts, I’m no psychologist. but I suppose my fascination with the human condition, and our complex emotions, makes me a pseudo-expert wannabe. In an early post we cover the fear that drives us. Recently I had an argument with my spouse about sending the wrong parenting message to our daughter and realized that […]
