Given the impending midterm elections, I have politics on my mind. Over the past few years, politics has gone from something happening in the background of day-to-day life to this thing that shakes us awake in the morning and surprises us mid-day. It is the dominating overtone of media, culture, and conversation. And yet – […]
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Exploring internal vulnerability
Vulnerability. Even writing it makes me a little uncomfortable. Yet, it can’t be avoided. Vulnerability has become part of the business and cultural lexicon. It impacts leadership – where showing your true self is a path to authenticity and connection. It makes us like and relate to people. It helps build psychological safety within groups. What most […]
What do you mean, be human?
One of my opening moves as team leader was to bring the small group together for a kickoff, and to tell them how much I looked forward to working together, and talk a little about my leadership style. The first part of the conversation went as expected. I started off by saying, ‘to start with, I want us to be human together’. This was met with a long, awkward pause.