Imagine a world of work where loving other humans was as common as loving concepts like one’s job or an organization’s purpose.
Read MoreAwe is an incredibly powerful emotion in enabling your navigation of change, yet you will not see any change management courses starting with “how to generate awe.”
Read MoreWaiting for inspiration to strike fundamentally misses the principle of inspiration, itself. Inspiration is a catalyst for action, therefore waiting is certainly the wrong verb.
Read MoreYou might equate amusement to a chuckle or even a guffaw. As an emotion, the state of amusement plays a significant role in your unconscious processing, and that is nothing to chortle about.
Read MorePride is used in a lot of contexts and the practical function of pride as an emotional state gets lost. Thoughtful leaders understand pride is a gateway to meaningful achievement.
Read MoreHope is more than a last-ditch perspective for things to be better; it is the cognitive gateway to being inventive and resilient.
Read MoreHow many hours a day do you spend truly interested in something? How many meetings do you attend and devote focus, without actually experiencing interest? Are you waiting for interest to happen to you, or creating it?
Read MoreMost people treat serenity like a dessert to be savoured after the hard work. The opposite is more accurate: serenity enables you to pivot your perspective and accomplish your best work.
Read MoreThe practice of gratitude, like meditation and eating your vegetables, can fall into the category of important things to do that you forget why exactly.
Read MoreSure, you know what joy feels like. When was the last time you intentionally generated joy because of its corresponding cognitive properties?
Read MoreOther than enjoying them while present, missing them when absent, and anticipating how to get more of them, how much do you really think about your positive emotions?
Read MoreMost organizations unwittingly take an isolationist approach to organizational culture; this leads to clinging to the status quo and past and calling it preserving the culture.
Read MoreThis week Morning Cup gets deeply emotional.
Read MoreEver find yourself struggling to adopt a change, even when that change is something you want or believe to be important? Habit is not the only "H" word at play.
Read MoreCommunication yields 4.8 billion search results. There are an infinite amount of lists telling you the 5 things every great communicator knows. Communication is complex, but do not overcomplicate it.
Read MoreWhether it is through rubber bands, fly fishing, or bread, tension is a cornerstone in generating performance.
Read MoreFor all the talk about listening in the world, most leaders spend little time focused on the most integral aspect of quality listening.
Read MoreLike plants, people are predisposed towards growth. Also like plants, that growth will not wait to be timely and convenient for you.
Read MoreOrganizations are increasingly fixated on culture. Few, however, spend enough time examining the prevailing ways of thinking which inform culture.
Read MoreReflection exists amidst a handful of invaluable commodities; because something is invaluable does not make in unquantifiable. If anything, it makes quantification and qualification imperative.
Read More