Opinions are Boring
It’s high school basketball season, and I’m organizing my life around my daughter’s home games. We’ve been sitting next to another family who we are just getting to know and [...]
Commitments instead of Statements
Have you noticed how many people are putting out statements lately? This happened with Ukraine, Black Lives Matter, the Dobbs decision, and countless other milestones and conflicts in the last [...]
Holding on and Letting Go
A few years ago, as I was encountering some bumps in raising my teenage son, I sighed to my therapist, “I guess it’s just time for me to let go.” [...]
Should I Leave my Job
I recently facilitated a team that contained one of my previous vocational coaching clients. When I first met them several years ago, they were miserable in their organization and came [...]
Find the Snake
A couple years ago, I listened to the Enneagram teacher Suzanne Stabile and the author Brian McClaren talk about facilitating a retreat together. Suzanne was sharing that she found herself [...]
A statement I’ve never heard
“That re-org really transformed things around here!” Ha! That’s a statement I have never heard. I’ve been re-reading Geoffrey Bellman’s The Consultant’s Calling, and it’s hitting home in a million [...]
Your Body is Invited to the Party
Last week, my colleague Laura and I convened a gathering of local Organization Development practitioners. Most of us were meeting for the first time, and a lot of care and [...]
The Key Player
In the book “Thanks for the Feedback,” the authors say something profound: The key player is not the giver, but the receiver. Think about it—if we are part of teams, [...]
What Kind of Emotional Wake Do You Leave?
One of the most impactful things I’ve heard in the last several years is Jill Bolte Taylor talking about the stroke that left her without language for many months. She [...]
Can You Find Some Wiggle Room?
I’m reminded again this week that life is short. Someone else in my orbit passed away suddenly. We weren’t in one another’s close circles but have mutually admired one another [...]