It is easy to assume someone is incompetent or nefarious. More probable is they are unclear around the contribution needed or expected from them.
Read MoreRemembering the shoulders you have stood upon to get to where you are is important. Equally important is finding where you can be that shoulder for someone else.
Read MoreOur ability to categorize is essential in making useful distinctions and meaning. In terms of bias, it also opens up a multi-directional pathway for mis-categorization.
Read MoreWe naturally evaluate cognitive load through physical indicators. The correlation between cognitive load and bias is less clear but equally important to consider.
Read MoreProcess streamlines functions and enables performance. Generalized process enables our brain to apply heuristics to incorrect outputs.
Read MoreIs your feedback in service of someone’s long-term growth or does it highlight your conflicting preference?
Read MoreFew consider themselves naïve. Conversely, most consider themselves realistic. Objectively, you are unconsciously more of the former and less of the latter, though not in the way you expect.
Read MoreAsking powerful questions is an invaluable skill for every leader. Much of its value comes not in an ability to be clever, but to be curious.
Read MoreIf you are stuck on moving something forward, the barrier might not be external factors, but your overall internal approach.
Read MoreWhat does the maxim, “do your best,” really offer as a framework for performance?
Read MoreIn a world driven by consumption of information, take a moment to assess your efforts in application.
Read MoreRunning out of steam on a resolution? Your mind’s aversion to change, coupled with your natural ineptitude to build habits, could be the culprit.
Read MoreIs your historical organizational wisdom guiding brilliant decision-making or is it squashing fresh thinking through irrelevant warnings?
Read MoreIn terms of air time and attention given amidst dialogue compared to overall value, trust frequently strikes an unexpectedly imbalanced ratio.
Read MoreSetting goals and pursuing them is only part of the process. Defining and understanding your relationship to the behaviour change is the frequently forgotten but important part.
Read MoreMay you slide into the New Year with ease and thoughtfulness.
Read MoreFreshly baked and festive musings for your mind.
Read MoreWhat do monozygotic twins with amygdalar lesions have to do with leadership? More than you might think.
Read MoreIf something occurs often within a data set, there is justified cause to take note; there is also equal responsibility to consider the context of “often.”
Read MoreAn unexamined “should” can be treacherous; this does not mean, however, that all “shoulds” should be treated as such.
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