As I was walking out of my house today, I noticed the new green shoots that are starting to show up in my garden. It was a surprise to see that these shoots had grown over 2 inches since yesterday, but the recent warm weather and rain created perfect conditions for a...
When we receive feedback that we don’t want to hear there is a human pattern that shows up. Often, our first response is to ignore the feedback and hope that it will go away. However, there are two problems that occur with this type of response. The first problem is...
I have been reflecting on what builds resilience in ourselves….those things that help us weather all the disruption happening all around us. To that end, I started looking for patterns in the people I interact with who were staying resilient over the past 20...
I was intrigued by a 2018 Harvard Business Review blog by Rasmus Hougaard, Jacqueline Carter, and Vince Brewerton. Entitled Why do so many managers forget they’re human beings? the blog included a quote by Javier Pladevall, CEO of Volkswagen Audi Retail in Spain who...
If you are a gardener, you are familiar with weeds. Weeds are abundant in a garden and weeding is a constant activity in the summer. Some gardeners compost weeds to turn it into nutrient-rich soil that can be recycled back into their gardens, others bag them up and...
