What keeps you up at night? This questions has been asked many times, but never used quite like the way I heard it from retired Brigadier General David Hall.
What keeps you up at night? A unique way to use this question
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Leadership
Developing Resilience – 4 Ways to Process Pain
Developing resilience is partly about processing the pain or discomfort you are feeling. Here are four ways to do that.
The Law of Leadership Transparency – 3 ways to apply it
Transparency is important enough in leadership to become a law. Here is the law of transparency and three ways to apply it to develop leaders and trusting relationships.
Leadership and . . . Valentine’s Day?
At the core of Valentine’s Day there is something that matters to the relationships around us. In fact, there are some truths we should be sharing that probably would make a difference in any of the relationships we have at work or at home. Here are some examples.
Lead? Yes. With Laughter? Absolutely! Here is one way . .
Leadning is hard work. Startup is hard work. But find some time for laughter. Here is a quick story about what that might look like.
Silence and Resilience
Silence is not equal to doing nothing. Silence in resilience is about cleaning the lists off the mental whiteboard and only putting one or two things on it for a short time so they get attention. The Birkman Method is a great way to review how we need or should use silence.
Silence – Creating it
Creating silence is a challenge, but a necessity. Here are a few words putting some perspective on it and sharing a method for creating it.
Silence – Why it is powerful
Silence can be a powerful tool. Some quick thoughts to explore how it can be a tool for leaders and a tool for followers to evaluate leaders.
Resilience – The discussion starts(and continues) with transparency
Resilience is not about appearing to be super-human. It is about developing the skills/habits that allow us to recover quickly. Leaders need to have it, but also be willing to admit to others that they do get shaken. Transparency allows us to be human and helps others see that it is normal to be rattled by surprises.
Resilience – 4 Steps to NOT make it another initiative
Resilience is a timely discussion given the current economic realities. The key is not to make it an initiative, but make it a habit. Here are some key steps that help make that a reality
Is Resilience The Right Message? Three things to consider before starting this discussion in your organization
Resilience is shaping up to be one of the top topics of 2011. Stress is not going away quickly in a slow recovery, so people have to get better at managing that stress when it occurs. This is a discussion to better understand what resilience is and what can be done to build it.
Someone we all need to listen to – Jessica Jackley
If you have not heard Jessica Jackley speak you should. If you have not been on Kiva.org you should go and see it. Her story is a great illustration of the power of passion coupled with an insatiable desire to take action.