Work together or work apart? Do we develop stronger bonds when we share experiences? Can Emotional Intelligence help to differentiate ourselves from the crowd? When enclosed in a sea of noise, differentiation is hard, but individuals may stand out from…
How do you approach an honest discussion about performance and growth? Performance evaluation can cause jitters of anticipation and could leave employees feeling more discouraged than encouraged. It’s easy to fall into the pattern of speaking down to individuals during…
The other day I spoke with a friend in her early 60s, and she asked me a very potent question. She said, “was I always this miserable?”, “do you remember any times when I was filled with joy?”. I paused….
Some people are said to possess the “gift of gab.” They seem to instinctively know how to keep a conversation flowing–and they don’t mind if the other participants are not particularly verbose. They can carry a “conversation” by themselves if…
A while back I thought to arrange a quick, last minute bowling excursion with a friend. I sent her a text message that went something like, “want to go bowling?” , she said “what time?” I said 7? she said okay….
Suppose you are sitting in a meeting—this could be a PTA meeting, it could be a meeting with your boss and co-workers, it could be a meeting of volunteers for a community project—and someone ventures to propose an amendment to…