The Silly Season: A great deal of the continuing education I embark on for coaching certification involves understanding how the human brain works. It’s a moving target these days. Things change as we learn more about how the methods we use can be misinterpreted, how incredibly complex the human brain is and how reality is not truly available to us. …
The Heavy Lifting There are times when it pays to speak up. Indeed, there are times when we must speak up and take action to be true to our values. Whenever we see someone being demeaned, bullied, slandered, or disregarded, we speak up on their behalf. Less obvious are the moments when we need the wisdom of silence. Silence can …
A colleague mentioned that he was not able to meet with me over the weekend. He was attending a “Wisdom Weekend” course and would be tied up. Really? Wisdom in only one weekend? I chuckled and made some comment about how he’d be really scary if he had any more wisdom and wondered if he was teaching the course. But …