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How Can One Best Navigate Differing Beliefs?
Spoiler alert: by caring! This can actually become a trick question rather quickly. Especially when we are talking about the workspace. Because lets face it, what you are doing in the privacy of your own home, isn’t exactly visible. Even though differing beliefs can be challenging to maneuver in any environment, that’s for sure. Since the Supreme (or not so supreme, in my humble opinion) Court overturned Roe v. Wade, differing beliefs are front and center once again. Much like a few weeks ago, when we were still discussing how much sense it makes, that eighteen year old, very disturbed,…
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From My Survival Playbook – Introducing My Mental Parking Lot
What to do with all those emotions or feelings, thoughts, concerns or worries that tend to hit us at the worst possible time? We are super busy with work or with daily life stuff, minding our own business and suddenly there they are. Popping into our lives out of the blue and demanding mental space. A lot of space, usually. Unwanted feelings or unsolicited worries, concerns and annoyances that we have to deal with somehow. Or do we? By the way, did you know there is difference between emotions and feelings? I didn’t, but thought it was interesting enough to…
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Let’s Take The High Road – It Really Isn’t As Busy
Have you ever received a clearly sneakily bitchy or even bullying email? Sneakily, because the sender is smart enough to disguise their actual intention. Did someone, who seems to have a less than innocent motive, provoke you? And is trying to discredit you and / or your reputation? Oh man, I am so sorry that is happening to you. I really am. Be honest, what was your first impulse or reaction? Did taking the high road come to your mind right away? If so, wow you are likely close to a Saint or you are having a much higher level…
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What Can Beautiful Fall Teach Us About Change Management?
I just spent a week away from hot and humid Florida in the Great Smoky Mountain area. Some well deserved and urgently needed vacation time with my husband and our pooch Sam. Upon our arrival we were greeted by the most beautiful Fall colors. Fall foliage might just be my favorite thing about Fall. Combined with a usually much colder and fresh air. And I can’t believe it’s me couch potato saying that – hiking. I do love the rewarding feeling of having hiked up a hill and enjoying the reward in form of a stunning view. We spent our…
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How I Found The Strength To Be Vulnerable
A dear friend and colleague recently asked me this as a question through our slack program. I had just written two very vulnerable and open blog posts, that resonated with him. You can find both here and here. My very first reaction was to applaud him for recognizing that vulnerability is a strength and not a weakness. This is definitely a great first step in the right direction. I have never considered me being vulnerable a weakness. Others might, though. What does vulnerability even mean? Well, you can check out the dictionary definition here. And in parts of that definition…
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It’s An Absolute Judgment Free Zone, Or Is It?
I am not going to start this post by saying that it is going to be “a little controversial”. Let’s face it, based on where you stand on literally any topic, all posts have the potential to be controversial. Even one about our puppy, Sam. And this post is definitely not going to be any different. If one is going to talk about judgment, facing judgment is absolutely a possibility. Maybe even likely? Probably. And that’s ok. I am writing my posts to provoke thoughts. As much as I added my podcast not to provide answers but rather questions and…
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The Girl Behind The Curtain
It is around 8pm, bed time for the girl who is maybe 7 or 8 years in age. On other nights this would be the time to secretly read one of her beloved books with a flashlight under her blanket. The girl is a bookworm, much more into reading than into sports. She usually reads books, that are not necessarily appropriate for her age. But the way she is living isn’t either. In so many ways. This, however, was not one of these more joyful reading nights. Instead of comfortably lying in her bed, the girl would be up in…
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Are You Having The Right Perspective On Your Success?
Happy Sunday! I felt it’s time for another vulnerable post. Get yourself comfortable but also ready, because what I am going to talk about today, might be uncomfortable to read at times. I am going to talk about success. And about why I called my blog and my podcast (find the link here) “My Kind Of Success” in the first place. I am sharing my success story. And what a story it is. Have you ever felt like you are not all that successful? What you have accomplished thus far in your life does not deserve to be called success?…
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Should We Really Just Focus On The Things We Can Control?
I recently shared with my coach how I felt compelled to bust some of Social Media’s wisdoms/myths. Social Media wisdoms? I am sure you have seen those one sentence “insights” on platforms like LinkedIn that sound really good. They usually seem easy enough to follow. They also somewhat claim to be the one size fits all solution to mostly all our problems. Or the one size fits all leadership style for all leaders and all their employees, for that matter. One of them being “control what you can control” or “focus on what you can control”. I shared this very…
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My Top 5 Reasons Not To Be A Servant Leader
“To be or not to be, that is the question”. Ever wondered what Shakespeare’s take on things would be these days? No, that’s just me? Oh well. Firstly, I am wondering, if Shakespeare would be one of those influencers on platforms like LinkedIn that leave their audience with smart sentences? Sentences like “Leadership is not an expertise. Leadership is a constant education” (credit Simon Sinek) or “your not lost, you are just early in the process” (credit Gary Vaynerchuk). Both “influencers” are vivid supporters of the theory, one has to be a servant leader, to be a good leader. Secondly,…
