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Expectations Can Create Reality: On the Self-Fulfilling Nature of Social Stereotypes
Once, some social scientists, as they are wont to do, ran an experiment. They asked 51 women to chat on the phone with men they…
December 17, 2008
Intelligent Criticism, Effective Feedback
How to give useful feedback? How to make a helpful observation that does not make a person defensive? I recently received some highly effective feedback,…
December 16, 2008
Yesterday you said Tomorrow
(The Second in a Series of Blogs Prodding, Pushing, and Poking You to Get Moving on Your Life Plan for Next Year) The clock is…
December 15, 2008
Officers Eat Last
“Stewardship Leadership.” “Servant Leadership.” These terms speak of leadership as a trust, a fiduciary responsibility. At its highest meaning, leadership carries a sense of duty,…
December 9, 2008
Time to START…
Time to START… Time to start what? Time to start thinking about your roles and goals for the coming year. It is mere days until…
December 8, 2008
Choosing Your Reality
There is a story about a man piloting a small boat in an early morning deep fog on a large lake nestled in the forests…
December 5, 2008
Encourage = In Courage
Encourage comes from the 15th-century Middle English word encoragen, which in turn came from the Anglo-French word encorager, or en- for in and curage for…
November 25, 2008
Communicating with Integrity
Integrity in communication means honoring your words. Honoring your words means you either 1. Keep your word: keep your commitments, your promises, stick to the…
November 24, 2008
“Things can always get worse…”
This is a blog on personal leadership and generally its tone is positive, optimistic, and growth oriented. So a title of “Things can always get…
November 21, 2008
It’s not that I’m not satisfied, it’s just that I always want more!
On the limits of ambition, the harnessing of desire, and the importance of balance. “It’s not that I’m not satisfied, it’s just that I always…
November 20, 2008
Learning to Single-Task
I like to say I multi-task. The truth is a lot closer to saying I have trouble paying attention, staying on task, focusing on the…
November 6, 2008