Archive for May 2021
How Do You Handle Challenge?
As human beings, we can be a little sensitive to challenge. Challenge instantly requires us to defend or change our stance which is something we handle with varying degrees of grace. To handle challenge with grace requires flexibility that comes with such multifaceted assets as self-worth, confidence, wisdom and humility. Acquiring and actively using these…
Read MoreThe Courage To Be A Team Player
Being a fully effective team member requires that we find ways to contribute our whole selves to the betterment of our team. This means contributing not just our qualifications but our life experience, our strengths and our viewpoints. These are the soft skills we bring that allow us to operate our qualifications in a meaningful…
Read MoreThe Roots & Wings of Leadership
My Mother always told me that the greatest gifts you can give your children are roots and wings – roots to remind you where you’re from and wings to show you what you can become. I believe these are the keys to unlocking what makes each of us unique and delivering what we have to…
Read MoreHow Are You?
It’s a question we ask each other in greeting, and one that we regularly throw out various programmed responses to. “Fine, thanks, and how are you?”, we bat in return; “I’m great, thank you, and you?”, we bubble. But the question is more than a greeting – it’s checking in. The essence of it is…
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