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Gatherings » Presence for the Holidays
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Insights about Collaboration, Facilitation, and Leadership. Presence for the Holidays. I’ve come to appreciate that the holidays present all kinds of opportunities for high-heat moments — awkward social events, challenging family gatherings, stressful retail encounters. One of my friends feels so anxious about her family’s yearly holiday gathering that she literally gets ill during the weeks leading up to it. Last weekend my friend and colleague Sam Elmore. What’s up with me right now? I run my fingers a...
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Gatherings » When 1% Makes a World of Difference
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Insights about Collaboration, Facilitation, and Leadership. When 1% Makes a World of Difference. I have amazing clients but 1% for the Planet stands out as an organization with a truly inspiring mission. In fact, I was so inspired after facilitating 1%’s annual Board Retreat in 2008 that I became a member. That puts Blue Wing in good company with other high-integrity companies like Patagonia. And environmentally conscious rock star Jack Johnson. September 29, 2010. Feed for comments on this post.
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Gatherings » Staying True to Yourself
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Insights about Collaboration, Facilitation, and Leadership. Staying True to Yourself. Standing in the Fire. I wrote about the importance of “knowing what you stand for” as a way to locate your clarity and courage when you most need it. Recently Elizabeth Doty has written an exquisite book called. The Compromise Trap: How to Thrive at Work Without Selling Your Soul. One of my favorite chapters describes ten misconceptions about compromise. Here are five of my favorites:. 1 Compromise is always healthy.
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Gatherings » Leadership Lessons from the Vegetable Garden
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Insights about Collaboration, Facilitation, and Leadership. Leadership Lessons from the Vegetable Garden. I’ve come to believe that if you want to build a better shopping cart, talk to shoppers. If you want to solve world hunger, talk with those who are finding ways to feed themselves in the midst of scarcity. And if want to create a zero waste company, spend a week diving the dumpsters behind your production facility. Then come together and talk. Ideo’s Human Centered Design Toolkit. July 23, 2010.
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Gatherings » Group Fire
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Insights about Collaboration, Facilitation, and Leadership. Presence for the Holidays. I’ve come to appreciate that the holidays present all kinds of opportunities for high-heat moments — awkward social events, challenging family gatherings, stressful retail encounters. One of my friends feels so anxious about her family’s yearly holiday gathering that she literally gets ill during the weeks leading up to it. Last weekend my friend and colleague Sam Elmore. What’s up with me right now? I run my fingers a...
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Gatherings » One Facilitator Who is Shaken and Stirred
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Insights about Collaboration, Facilitation, and Leadership. One Facilitator Who is Shaken and Stirred. My friend and colleague Gibran Rivera recently returned from Guatemala where he masterfully facilitated a “think tank” for Reading Village. He describes himself as “shaken up”. In Gibran’s most recent blog. Full disclosure #2 — I’m a regular reader and big fan of the IISC blog! July 20, 2010. Feed for comments on this post. Click here to cancel reply. Mail (will not be published) (required).
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Gatherings » Mindfulness, Emotion Regulation and Neuroscience
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Insights about Collaboration, Facilitation, and Leadership. Mindfulness, Emotion Regulation and Neuroscience. One of the core practices for everyday readiness that I write about in my book, Standing in the Fire. Is mindfulness meditation. I and several of the veteran leaders and facilitators I interviewed have used mindfulness meditation to cultivate calm and clarity – especially in preparation for high-heat meetings. In the simplest terms, this research provides support for the idea that having a consis...
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Gatherings » Purpose
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Insights about Collaboration, Facilitation, and Leadership. Presence for the Holidays. I’ve come to appreciate that the holidays present all kinds of opportunities for high-heat moments — awkward social events, challenging family gatherings, stressful retail encounters. One of my friends feels so anxious about her family’s yearly holiday gathering that she literally gets ill during the weeks leading up to it. Last weekend my friend and colleague Sam Elmore. What’s up with me right now? I run my fingers a...
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Gatherings
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Insights about Collaboration, Facilitation, and Leadership. The MBA Oath: Deciding We Stand For. As graduation season approaches there is a unique movement afoot. It involves MBA’s committed to leading in the interests of the greater good and living out the principles articulated in an oath. Among the principles included in the MBA Oath. I will manage my enterprise with loyalty and care and will not advance my personal interests at the expense of my enterprise or society. Invited Frank Rogers, Andrew Dre...
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