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 [...]
Passion is Overrated
Passion is not a clean-burning fuel. It may help you jumpstart something. It may help you win a race, get through a hard time or change careers, but it’s not [...]
Campus Life
Last weekend, my daughter and I went to visit one of my goddaughters at college—see her dance performance, eat dinner with her in the dining hall, see her dorm room, [...]
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, [...]
The Good Stuff is in You
We are remodeling my home office, and step #1 a few months ago was to clean out the monstrous metal filing cabinet. Much of it was training and educational materials [...]
Lessons from a Year of Swimming Outside
It was almost a year ago that I went for my first “off-season” swim in the Salish Sea. My assistant Robin helped me pick out the gear, luck gave us [...]
Crocuses in the Mud
After a happy, turbo-charged few months, I’ve found myself in a bit of a slump. I feel dull, out of profundities, and very in touch with mortality. A couple people [...]
Three Cheers for Incompetence
Maybe you are familiar with the model that outlines four stages of learning: Unconscious incompetence: I don’t know what I don’t know Conscious incompetence: I’m trying to learn, and it’s [...]
There Is No Recipe
I was with a leader yesterday who’s making some big decisions. They are struggling with feeling like a failure. After years of investment in their work, it’s clear things are [...]
This Gift Won’t Cost You Any Money
After all my years of working with groups and coaching leaders, there’s something that remains astonishingly rare—good listening skills. I realized several years ago that I was a crappy noticer. [...]