15 smart ways to facilitate better brainstorming from your team
In this expert panel from the Forbes Coaches Council, 15 of us shared tips for facilitating ways to encourage team members to voice their opinions, including being more creative. My contribution is #2: Allow For Private 'Eureka!' Moments. My tip honors the brain...
Why and how to help your “Covid-19 brain”
“Are you back at work?” -- a recent message from a LinkedIn contact. Reading those five words immediately triggered my “Covid-19 brain.“ My annoyance level soared. What an insensitive thing to write, I thought. Since I’ve had a home office for years, it was simple to...
How strong ‘bones’ can help you in business wherever you live
Career mobility has a whole new meaning these days: We can live and work almost anywhere. While that can be liberating, it may bring about different types of career marginalization. Take it from me, as I try to live my best, nerdiest life in a party city. Over the...
How to be a better ally: improve your listening
Have you been searching the terms “allyship” and “being an ally” on Google the past month? If so, you’re not alone. According to the NeuroLeadership Institute in 3 Myths About Allyship—and What Research Says Instead, Google Trend data shows that “allyship” has been...
Why you need to refresh your language now
Just two days before Memorial Day, I posted a blog about my discomfort with the growing popularity of two phrases “going back to normal” and “entering a new normal.” Even the up-and-coming “better normal” phrase seemed problematic. These phrases implied that once the...
Is this your truth to share on your chest?
"My Execution Could Be Televised" One of my neighbors wears that statement on a T-shirt. Since Ramon’s a black man, he’s sharing his truth on his chest, which pains me to accept. As a white woman, I know his truth is the exact opposite of mine. Unlike Ramon and other...
Why and how to celebrate from a distance
Celebrating together when you're physically apart isn't easy, but it's possible -- if you make an effort. Yet, that's a big "if." Based on my informal research, very few in organizations -- except for students graduating from school -- have been thinking about setting...
How to incubate lifelong curiosity and courage
“Have c-c-c-courage!” my dad would tell me throughout my childhood as he channeled the Cowardly Lion from the movie Wizard of Oz. Obeying him was fine with me, as long as he didn’t expect me to push any bodily boundaries. No way did I want to take challenges or risks...
How Amazing Grace could help us now
“0” and “1” – the binary language of computers feels like it’s seeping into society at large. Over the past couple of weeks, so many of the high-profile and vital current events and choices we’re dealing with feel like they’re becoming binary – that is “either/or.”...