Author and speaker Sonia Choquette give a fabulous demonstration of giving yourself permission to be yourself and do essentially anything on stage. The 700 or so people present respond wholeheartedly. …
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The leader: Master or servant or something else?
The notion of the "servant leader" conveys the important idea of the leader serving the people he or she leads. That's a useful shift in perspective from the more traditional idea of leader as master …
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Are you a shadow of your future self?
We’re probably familiar with the old expression “a shadow of her former self”, implying a temporary or even permanent decline from earlier capability and presence. But perhaps the change is in the …
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The power of metaphor
He visibly changed in front of our eyes... From a barely there, fidgeting, rather evasive character, he became a solid, three-dimensional, distinctly present person with solid eye contact and a strong …
How demanding is too demanding?
In some relationships, being demanding is (arguably) required to achieve the highest performance—for a coach with an athlete, for a leader with a team, or for a customer with a supplier. A little …
Will they do better with an adversarial approach?
Some prefer an adversarial approach to doing business. They think they’ll do better if they have more room to maneuver at arms length; more opportunity to a present favorable message if they withhold …
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