Does work sap your confidence?
Do you hold back at meetings?
Is asking for a raise unthinkable?
I recently listened to Dr. Erin Meyer on Dax Shepard's podcast, Armchair Expert.
Dr. Meyer is an American author and professor at INSEAD Business School, based in Paris. ... "Meyer is a professor at INSEAD, an international business school with campuses in France, Singapore and Abu Dhabi. She regularly speaks about cross-cultural management and global teamwork. She has a new book out called The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business."
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I'm an impulsive gardener and easily seduced by anything blooming at Southern States. I also have a very short memory and no hope of learning the Latin names of any of my plants. So, Spring is a source of wonder, an annual mystery gift. What will these small shoots become?
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What does leadership mean? There are countless books on how to lead. Most of them offer two choices: either you're an autocratic leader or a servant leader. But, I recently heard Mark McKergow share a new model: leader as host.
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Late last fall we learned that one of our two beehives was struggling. Molly, our bee expert, found evidence that a new queen may have hatched, but we could not find her in the hive. There was also a disturbing lack of new eggs, so we knew we had a problem.
Like many managers, we decided to ignore the problem in hopes that it would resolve over the winter.
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My client (I'll call her Sally) asked for a last-minute meeting because she had been offered a promotion. This was good news, except for the bad news... a very, very small increase in pay.
Sally was sure the modest pay increase was because her new boss didn't recognize her contributions.
Failing. How can that ever be viewed positively? My clients don't have much experience with failure. High school: top of the class. College: top of the class. Graduate school: top of the class. Then on to a career of one promotion after another.
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I can't recall a new year that feels as sluggish as 2021 does to me. I'm in waiting mode, especially for my vaccination and a chance to get back to normal. Time seems to be crawling…
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This story starts with my dog, Gatsby. He wasn't always my dog. My youngest son, Logan, got Gatsby in the second semester of his first year in medical school. Gatsby is a Beauceron, a French Shepherd, and the small puppy that showed up in early 2013 soon grew into a wonderful 105-pound dog.
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I had a few open hours this afternoon and decided to grab my dog, Gatsby, and head to a nearby trail. A few minutes in the sun is the best antidote to the longer nights and the colder, shorter days. Of course, Gats is always ready for an adventure.
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