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Our team recently participated in an Arbinger Institute workshop focused on mindset. Mindset is so important, as it drives behaviors,...

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...

We all likely have a significant internal negative voice known by a number of references: Saboteur, Gremlin, Inner Critic to name a few....

Gallup, the organization behind StrengthsFinders and multitudes of employee engagement studies, have consistently shown the importance of...

In response to COVID-19 impacts to our state agency workforce, I developed some material (the ASCENT document titled C.A.R.E.) that...

Our environments are filled with complexity, uncertainty and fear all working to undermine individual and collective courage. It can feel...

In life we open and close many doors crossing over thresholds. This is normal, healthy human behavior and invites us into new...

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...

The recent precautions and restrictions intended to “flatten the curve” of COVID-19 impacts are presenting each of us new opportunities...

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...

"Apologies are the Brussels sprouts of relationships" - says author Sharon Begley. Good for us, but often passed over. If apologies are...

Behavioral and psychological research has shown some surprising life improvements that can arise from the practice of gratitude. To...

This time of year, my tv channels are filled with scary movies, my neighbors decorate their yards with goulish images and the dark skies,...

Futurist Bob Johansen, in his book Leaders Make the Future, made this unsettling statement: "In my 40 years of forecasting futures, the...

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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An Empowered Culture Is your culture creating dependency or partnership?

Many today suffer from chronic anxiety and fear run amok. If you don’t suffer personally, you likely know someone that does. It’s not...

One of the challenges in development is the “fits” and “starts” nature of it. We can experience powerful awareness, realize new insights...

I just finished Daring Greatly by Brene’ Brown. Brene’ has done ground-breaking work in the arenas of courage, vulnerability and shame...