How professional fluidity can hurt you and the public

How professional fluidity can hurt you and the public

Professional fluidity. Done intentionally and carefully, it’s a win/win for professionals--often independent consultants, coaches, and authors--and the individuals they serve. Done selfishly, it’s the shadow side of growth and development for professionals. And it can...

Feeling stuck? Update your internal GPS system and more

Feeling stuck? Update your internal GPS system and more

What Got You Here Won’t Get You There. Over the past month, three individuals in totally different settings have quoted this Marshall Goldsmith’s 2007 book title to make their point. In all three cases, they used the book title as a riff on why you don’t want to "do...

3 skills to help subject-matter experts deal with adversity

3 skills to help subject-matter experts deal with adversity

Learning three specific new skills outside your expertise and practicing them well can be hard—even harder than becoming an expert in an extremely technical topic. However, these skills will make you a better, more well-rounded individual for managing and leading...

How to make accountability feel like a reward, not punishment

How to make accountability feel like a reward, not punishment

Accountability. Enigma? Punishment? Reward? Whatever your opinion of accountability, you’ve got to acknowledge it’s a challenging topic. Many people think they want accountability – maybe for others rather than themselves – and they’re not always sure how to get it....

How to embrace yourself and find out what R-E-S-P-E-C-T means to you

How to embrace yourself and find out what R-E-S-P-E-C-T means to you

Are you a people pleaser? What about an "over"-- as in one who "overworks," "overachieves," "overthinks," "overcommits" "overaccommodates," etc? And/or do you frequently compare yourself to others in social media and/or the real world? If so, you could be falling into...

25 actions that can help you increase psychological safety

25 actions that can help you increase psychological safety

Understanding the concept of psychological safety is easy compared with making your team members – as well as yourself – feel psychologically safe. That’s because psychological safety is such a personal sensation. It’s related to your experiences, past and present, as...

Want to improve? Rewire your brain’s neural pathways

Want to improve? Rewire your brain’s neural pathways

Your brain is much more plastic than you might think. And when you adopt the mindset that you and your brain can take charge of its neuroplasticity, that is its natural ability to rewire itself, you can make some great personal improvements and advancements. For...