by Dr. Kathleen Allen | Jan 27, 2023 | Latest Insights
On one of my many trips to Ireland, I traveled to western counties. The green fields amazed me, and the gardens in front of cottages and wild hedgerows were stunning. As I spent time there, I often experienced what locals call “soft rain.” These soft rains are light...
by Dr. Kathleen Allen | Jan 13, 2023 | Latest Insights
Organizations often scoff when something doesn’t have a perceived value or purpose in a “lean, mean and profitable” organization. For example, emotional intelligence, empathy, relationships, and building trust are soft skills. They aren’t valued or connected to...
by Dr. Kathleen Allen | Jan 6, 2023 | Latest Insights
The challenges we face in our lives and our world seem to keep mounting. With each passing month, the list grows longer. As a result, our belief in our capacity to meet these challenges can sometimes be hopeful and, at other times, overwhelming. I believe we are in a...
by Dr. Kathleen Allen | Dec 20, 2022 | Latest Insights
I recently revisited one of my favorite books, The Tao of Leadership: Leadership Strategies for a New Age (1986) by John Heider. Despite the passing of time since its publication, this book holds words of wisdom that still apply in 2022. On page 23, there is a short...
by Dr. Kathleen Allen | Dec 20, 2022 | Latest Insights
2022 has been a strange year. Between severe weather events, divisive politics and elections, economic inflation, the war in Ukraine, protests in the streets of China and Iran and a lagging response to climate change (the real threat to our planet) – the disruptions...