If there is one thing that we can count on for certain, it’s the past. And even though we understand the life/death/life cycle of human nature, our future can be uncertain in so many ways. Leaving us with a sense of fear, foreboding, doubt. It’s not an “if” question, it’s “when”. And then, how will […]
Archive | Weekly Survival
Weekly or bi-monthly stories and tips for surviving your work week. We like to find the humor in our irony, and hope you do, too.
Questions Open the Way for Doubt
Have you ever had a colleague who wouldn’t answer questions? Or met someone who would go to incredible lengths to avoid “giving anything away”? Someone who avidly avoided responding to queries about their views or ways of doing things? I have come across this in quite a few professional settings, particularly in the more dysfunctional […]
Authenticity
I was recently asked to take on a consulting assignment in which, had I accepted, I would not have felt authentic and about which I would have been anxious and stressed (and frankly, for which I was not entirely qualified). Luckily, I am blessed with choice. I don’t (from an economic point of view) have […]
Being a Gentle Opportunist
When I think of human capital, I don’t necessarily focus on people or networks as currency. I first ask – how can I help this person? What gifts or talents do they have, and perhaps don’t even realize they have? How can we bring out their best to produce the best results for a particular […]
New Year’s Reflections
2014 has been quite a year. A year of new. New company developments for both companies. New clients and new relationships within existing clients. New Product ideas – with so little time to focus. And new partnership learnings, how we work together and let culture drive our business without getting in the way of our […]
Emotional Attractors
Why is it that making change is so hard? Whether it’s a change in jobs or careers or our financial situation or our personal relationships, it isn’t easy making change. The tipping point for change is emotion, largely due to our “positive emotional attractors”, those people who help us to thrive and grow. These trusting […]
Self-Indulgence
In July 2015, my husband and I are going to start a year of traveling with our daughters. It’s something we’ve always talked about doing. “Wouldn’t it be nice to take some real time to travel” we would say rather vaguely. In the early summer, I told my husband that it was now or never. […]
About those Start-Ups
Consulting is a funny industry. And I suppose it’s especially funny, or fuzzy, for folks who like to give away advice like handing out free coffee and donuts at rest stops. What’s even funnier is when we are helping individuals who want to be paid consultants, by giving our services to them for free, and […]
Culture Before Business
Four of us, a few years back, made a pinky pact to create change in corporate America and around the world, and we formed a company to help make that change. Two years later, with several projects and one big huge beast of a project, we are now looking at ourselves and each other, and […]
Motivation
Have you ever noticed how hard you can work when you are truly motivated? Friends of mine have a small weekend farm outside of the city. They have apple, peach, and plum orchards, a few vegetables, and a fair few grapevines. A few times each year, we spend the better part of a day helping […]
