Why and how you’ll love the book Tiny Habits

Why and how you’ll love the book Tiny Habits

Yes!!! Dr. BJ Fogg’s long-awaited book, Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything is out! Since I’m one of BJ’s biggest fans, I’ve been recommending the book on LinkedIn, Facebook, the comments page of the Wall Street Journal website related to his weekend...
How to be compassionate: ditch resolutions for habits

How to be compassionate: ditch resolutions for habits

Have you seen this goskills.com headline? “138 New Year’s Resolutions for 2019” Those six words and numbers triggered sharp pains simultaneously in my brain and stomach immediately after reading them. Before crawling into a fetal position, I got my bearings and...
How to push the right buttons to motivate action

How to push the right buttons to motivate action

After seven months in his volunteer job as a therapy dog at MUSC Hospital, Marcel loves riding in elevators. Given a choice (and yes, I intentionally ask him to choose between taking the stairs and riding the elevator and you’ll soon understand why), Marcel almost...
How to think more in meetings

How to think more in meetings

How do you set up your staff meetings to better balance thinking with doing? One answer is to ask more questions. When you ask thoughtful, expansive questions, you encourage participants to reflect individually as well as with each other. Even better, as they think,...