I noticed something in the security line at the airport. As I threw my bags on the conveyor belt, all three people ahead of me had backpacks with a company logo. One guy even had the matching logo baseball hat, which he had carefully placed in between his bags so it wouldn’t get crushed. Of…
Mindful Learning On Your Summer Vacation
Learning to learn is a skill. To master any skill, we have to intentionally find ways to practice that skill. I have always believed that work is one of the best places to learn. Work is our learning lab, and our daily lessons are the curriculum. Yet, while work is rich with opportunities to learn,…
How to Hire a Good Coach
I know the power of a good coach. I have been around the coaching field for a long time. I have not only hired a lot of coaches for myself and the organizations in which I have worked, but I have also trained them. I’ve hired over ten coaches for myself and over fifty for…
You Are a New Leader Who Just Started a New Job. Now What?
As a new leader in a new job, you know you have 90 days to show your team, your manager, and your colleagues who you are and what you’ve got. Well, really, 30 days. Leveraging what has helped you before, you decide to follow one of the approaches to starting a new role laid out…
What Are You Reading?
Always the avid learner, I am constantly asking people: What books or articles are you reading lately? What podcasts are you listening to on your commute? What are you writing on and speaking about this year? What exciting projects are you working on? And my favorite question: What are you learning? Here’s my latest: Reading?…
A FIRM PERSUASION
“To have a firm persuasion in our work—to feel that what we do is right for ourselves + good for the world at the exactly same time— is one of the great triumphs of existence.”
~DAVID WHYTE
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