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Life is short, make it count!

1/26/2020

The recent news of death is sending shock waves throughout the media and our homes. And as we send loving thoughts to the families of those impacted, I can't help but recall the saying: life is short, make it count.

Make it count. What does that mean? To me, it means making an impact in this world, the way only I can!

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Good Advice or Bad Advice?

8/27/2019

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Someone recently asked me to evaluate a piece of advice they were given - was it good advice or bad advice? The thing about advice is that it always comes from the point of view of the person giving the advice.

When I give advice, I am giving a piece of my experience, my assumptions, my beliefs, my expectations, my wants and my projections to the person receiving that advice.

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So you want to plan a team offsite

6/30/2019

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Over the past two years, I've had the privilege of organizing eight team offsites, for my team and C-level leadership teams I've supported. An offsite is a great way to bring the team together for team bonding, development, planning or brainstorming.

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Four roles in a single story

6/9/2019

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I recently rewatched Chimamanda Adichie’s TED talk on “The danger of a single story”, and found it to still ring true and relevant. If you haven’t seen it, I highly recommend it.
Here is a brief summary of Adichie's talk: We tell one story of a person or people repeatedly until “that is what they become”.

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A conversation about leadership

3/2/2019

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A few weeks ago, I had lunch with Ryan, a VP of Design in Tech, and we chatted about leadership over a nice bowl of pho soup. Ryan asked for my thoughts on modulating between coaching and other leadership tools. Here is what we discussed:
The basic toolkit of leadership includes coaching, mentoring, giving/receiving feedback, setting a vision, holding accountability with self/others.

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