Can a Workplace Be Too Positive?
Positivity can become toxic in organizations…. when it becomes that relentless positivity. I call it pollyanna-ing it. Lots of organizations are suffering […]
Helping Leaders and Managers Address Emotional Complexity from a People-Centered Perspective
We’re emotionally complex. Meaning that we don’t hold just one feeling at a time. There are bunches of them rolling around in […]
Leadership Revolution
We’re undergoing a leadership revolution. It was happening before, but the pandemic accelerated the transformation. The companies that successfully make the transition […]
Your Brain on Stress
What happens to your brain under stress and burnout? Under stress, your brain is spending too much time in what’s called high […]
Why Great People Act Out (or Overreact)
There’s a lot of pent-up emotional energy right now. People went into survival mode when Covid hit. Now all those emotions put […]
Innovation from a Human-centric Leadership Perspective
Innovation. The first commandment of business today: innovate or disappear. Innovation powers the economy. The BCG Most Innovative Companies survey found the […]
Courage
It would be good to replace this as the idea of courage in all our minds. How many times have you fallen […]
The Biggest Self-Awareness Mistake
Self-awareness is life changing. Without self-awareness, you don’t have choice. Nothing changes. You can’t build freedom: you’re stuck in not knowing. HoWEvEr, […]
Triggered Doesn’t Mean a Toxic Person
The whole thing about being triggered can be pretty confusing. Some people think that if someone triggers them then that person is […]
Have We Been Setting Goals All Wrong?
New research suggests we might be doing goal setting all wrong. That we might even be thinking of them wrong. Most people […]