Dawn is closer than you think

It’s been a really long night. It seems it has been so very dark for many months. We’re fatigued. The threats to our physical, financial, mental, and relationship health have taken a toll on our organizations and us. And yet, we find ourselves smack dab in the middle of what feels like the toughest of a series of tough things.

Routines Manage the Unknowns

I’ve noticed myself getting anxious about returning to the challenge of balancing as playing my role as a parent while maintaining a full workload during the pandemic. I’ve started to notice this show up with others as well. We’re collectively becoming more and more anxious about health risks, the impact of the economy on our organizations…

Time to Get Busy Living

If you are like me, it has felt like we’ve been in prison for the past few months. We’re starting to move into an in-between phase and I’ve been wondering: “Is this what parole feels like?” There is still a pandemic and we’ll be here for a while. We don't have complete freedom, but for obvious reasons, we still have restrictions on our lives and it is weighing heavily on us.

Even Better

“I expect this is fifty to seventy percent of what you need and we’ll make it better together.”

When I am at my best, this is my approach to inviting feedback on something I am working on for a client.

What happens next has happened to me 100 times if it’s happened to me once. Generally, here’s how it goes…

Are we really listening?

When was the last time someone really listened to you?

When was the last time you really listened to someone else?

We’ve been dealing with a lot. We are facing a pandemic. Many in our world find themselves suddenly unemployed and struggling to make ends meet. Others are experiencing health crises by them or loved ones…

What’s your 20-mile march?

While talking with a client about a tremendous challenge within their organization, I was reminded of a story from Jim Collins' book, Great By Choice. In it, Collins tells the story of competing journeys to the South Pole by explorer's Roald Amundson & Robert Scott in 1910-13. The trip was roughly 1,400 miles round trip through some of the harshest conditions known (or unknown) to mankind…