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Deep Democracy - a Metaskill
This past weekend, Cassie and I participated in a systems and relationship coaching workshop together with people from several different...
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Ascent Leadership Program
Apr 21, 20222 min read
Stuck
Most, if not all of us, have had the experience of being in "flow". Earlier this week, I felt the state of flow, while co-facilitating...
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Ascent Leadership Program
Aug 26, 20212 min read
The Rules of Engagement
Nearly thirty years ago, Rodney King famously asked, "Can't we all just get along"? Many of us have probably asked ourselves this same...
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Mar 10, 20213 min read
Distorted Vision
Our team recently participated in an Arbinger Institute workshop focused on mindset. Mindset is so important, as it drives behaviors,...
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Dec 15, 20202 min read
If Life Was a Silent Film
I was recently challenged to view life as if it was a black and white silent film. Without the monologue or dialogue, the only way for...
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Nov 18, 20202 min read
Thanksgiving Challenge - A Special Invite to your Table
We all likely have a significant internal negative voice known by a number of references: Saboteur, Gremlin, Inner Critic to name a few....
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Sep 23, 20202 min read
Friendship at Work
Gallup, the organization behind StrengthsFinders and multitudes of employee engagement studies, have consistently shown the importance of...
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Aug 27, 20202 min read
Resilience - "toughening up?"
In response to COVID-19 impacts to our state agency workforce, I developed some material (the ASCENT document titled C.A.R.E.) that...
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Jul 26, 20202 min read
Courage (a sign you care!)
Our environments are filled with complexity, uncertainty and fear all working to undermine individual and collective courage. It can feel...
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Ascent Leadership Program
May 12, 20201 min read
Thresholds
In life we open and close many doors crossing over thresholds. This is normal, healthy human behavior and invites us into new...
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Ascent Leadership Program
Apr 19, 20202 min read
Stop, Challenge and Choose
In the wonderful book Play to Win, by Larry and Hersch Wilson, we are introduced to an effective way of retraining our brains through a...
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Mar 23, 20202 min read
Time to turn over a new belief
The recent precautions and restrictions intended to “flatten the curve” of COVID-19 impacts are presenting each of us new opportunities...
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Ascent Leadership Program
Feb 24, 20202 min read
Working with "Wednesday-morning Paul"!
Very few know this, but I have a clone. His name is Wednesday-morning Paul (W-MP). We appear identical in every way and if you were to...
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Ascent Leadership Program
Jan 21, 20202 min read
How to make a good apology
"Apologies are the Brussels sprouts of relationships" - says author Sharon Begley. Good for us, but often passed over. If apologies are...
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Ascent Leadership Program
Nov 22, 20192 min read
Alignment in Gratitude
Behavioral and psychological research has shown some surprising life improvements that can arise from the practice of gratitude. To...
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Oct 25, 20192 min read
Scary stories...that I'm making up?
This time of year, my tv channels are filled with scary movies, my neighbors decorate their yards with goulish images and the dark skies,...
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Ascent Leadership Program
Sep 26, 20192 min read
The Future is Here
Futurist Bob Johansen, in his book Leaders Make the Future, made this unsettling statement: "In my 40 years of forecasting futures, the...
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Ascent Leadership Program
Aug 13, 20192 min read
Ripples
Most of us have experienced tossing an object into a still body of water and watching it create a series of sustained ripples extending...
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Ascent Leadership Program
May 21, 20192 min read
Choosing Greatness
Choosing Greatness
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Ascent Leadership Program
Apr 10, 20192 min read
An Empowered Culture
An Empowered Culture
Is your culture creating dependency or partnership?
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