An estimated 54 million Americans have at least one disability, making disabled individuals the largest minority group in the country (Disability Funders Network, n.d.). So when we talk about diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), why is disability so often left out of the conversation? In 2020, only 27.5% of the largest U.S. companies had public-facing […]
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Nowadays it’s almost impossible to visit any business-related website without seeing headlines about the great resignation the great reshuffling the great reevaluation or some other term that’s being used to describe the rapid changes in employment happening around the country. Authors, consultants, and business leaders are all offering opinions and solutions for improving recruiting and
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In my work with leaders, a very common theme is the desire to enhance communication. This feeling often emerges from their own awareness and desire to improve the ability to have meaningful conversations with others In essence, it involves finding their voice. Finding that voice is not as easy as just speaking up. Nor is
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Did you ever contemplate what you know? How about what you don’t know? What tools do you use to build awareness in order to decide between the two? I worked with a client a few years ago. Words come to mind to describe him, including cheerful, bright, and caring. And there was one other: Certainty.
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As leaders, we can sometimes overly focus our days on what we and our teams should accomplish. We create strategic plans and then we devise action steps that will allow us to accomplish them. Myriad “tasks” emanate downward to our teams and the work gets assigned and executed at the individual level. Or at least
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In the process of executive coaching, I often ask clients, “Who was your favorite aunt or uncle?” I am always thrilled with the varying answers and attentively listen. I hear some very common themes, many of which parallel my own experiences with my Aunt Maggie. She was actually my Great Aunt. And that she was
Daily, as I speak with clients, the subject of meetings has become a theme. Wall-to-wall video meetings that begin early in the day and stretch to well past normal closing time have become increasingly common. Many tell me that they have to do their “regular work” before and after each business day or on weekends.
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My apologies to the physicists who might be reading this. I’m no expert on quantum mechanics. But I am a lifelong learner. So when I saw an article recently on “Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle,” I read further and learned about what is called the “Observer Effect,” which, in physics, is described as the disturbance of an
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Every leader experiences that first adrenalin rush – tinged with a bit of uncertainty – when we first take command of a department, a company, or a military unit. Part of the mixed emotions we experience can be linked to the very real feeling that we have finally achieved a career ambition – we are
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One of my favorite coaching mentors often said “hold it like a feather,” as he held his hand out and demonstrated the lightness he was describing. He was teaching us that our questions as coaches can often land in ways we might not have imagined. And that our job is to assure the client that
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