How Emotions Shape Decision-Making ~ Reprise

May 16 2013, 09:07 Posted in Human Capital League | 0 comments , 0 views
Categories: Employee Engagement, Coaching & Mentoring, Diversity, Leadership, Management & Policy, Talent Management, Recruiting, Training & Development

There is little disagreement that effective decision-making is one of the most important tasks we must master to achieve success in every part of life. If we were to take a survey in the average workplace to poll what people believed was most needed for effective decision-making, which of these do you think would top […]

The Emotions Series – The Power of Patience

May 10 2013, 00:17 Posted in Human Capital League | 0 comments , 0 views
Categories: Employee Engagement, Coaching & Mentoring, Diversity, Leadership, Management & Policy, Talent Management, Recruiting, Training & Development

“Why is patience so important? Because it makes us pay attention.” Paulo Coelho There’s an emotion that can make big changes in your life. It’s the emotion that many people I work with identify as the most desirable – in themselves – and in others. This emotion doesn’t have the transcendent quality of […]

Mindful Feedback ~ Reprise

May 02 2013, 09:46 Posted in Human Capital League | 0 comments , 1 views
Categories: Employee Engagement, Coaching & Mentoring, Diversity, Leadership, Management & Policy, Talent Management, Recruiting, Training & Development

Most people don’t respond positively to feedback (a.k.a criticism). The expanding knowledge we have about how the brain works is helping us to understand why. Even under the BEST of circumstances, many of us find ourselves recoiling in response to hearing what others think about us. Our receptivity depends on context, relationships and circumstances [...]

What’s Conscious Capitalism?

April 25 2013, 09:02 Posted in Human Capital League | 0 comments , 1 views
Categories: Employee Engagement, Coaching & Mentoring, Diversity, Leadership, Management & Policy, Talent Management, Recruiting, Training & Development

“Capitalism is great, but it assigns no value to your grandchildren.” Jeremy Grantham, Co-founder, Grantham, Mayo van Otterloo Conscious capitalism is in the wind. At my shiny new Whole Foods , CEO John Mackey’s book, Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business is prominently featured in the front of the store. In my inbox, [...]

Emotional Mindfulness: What Anger, Vulnerability & Despair Teach Us

April 18 2013, 09:24 Posted in Human Capital League | 0 comments , 1 views
Categories: Employee Engagement, Coaching & Mentoring, Diversity, Leadership, Management & Policy, Talent Management, Recruiting, Training & Development

When I wrote the original version of this article two years ago, I was experiencing many contradictory feelings and wondered – how can so many potent emotions sit side by side within me? This week, I’m again experiencing a whirlwind of feelings, many in response to global events; the Boston Marathon bombings, an ugly and seemingly [...]

10 Quotes To Work By

April 11 2013, 21:37 Posted in Human Capital League | 0 comments , 265 views
Categories: Employee Engagement, Coaching & Mentoring, Diversity, Leadership, Management & Policy, Talent Management, Recruiting, Training & Development

The Road Ahead

Quotes can have a wonderful way of reminding you of what is deep and important in your life. I like to think of quotes as guiding principles – reflections of values – actively lived or lying dormant waiting to be rekindled. We put quotes on walls and desks for a reason. Social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and the new Queen of the block, Pinterest prominently feature quotations to address every facet of life. Quotes are snippets of borrowed stories we’d like to realize in our lives. Using quotations to inspire and enrich our work lives can energize and revive our sometimes weary spirits.

Here are 10 of my favorites:

1. “No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it.”Albert Einstein

There are several variations of this well-known quote by Albert Einstein, but this one is my favorite. It’s been a long-time mantra for my work because it reminds me that the process of learning is continuously evolving. Of that we can be sure. Even when we are stuck in old mindsets, life’s experience will undoubtedly show us sometime new. But I ...

Mindful Work – AM to PM

April 04 2013, 09:28 Posted in Human Capital League | 0 comments , 1 views
Categories: Employee Engagement, Coaching & Mentoring, Diversity, Leadership, Management & Policy, Talent Management, Recruiting, Training & Development

I recently had the pleasant surprise of receiving a copy of Buddhist teacher Thich Nhat Hahn’s latest book, Work: How to Find Joy and Meaning Each Hour of the Day from the publisher, Parallax Press. For those of you unfamiliar with the work of Thich Nhat Hanh, known as Thay in his circles, the Zen [...]

The Workplace (and the World) are Starving for Real Dialogue ~ Reprise

March 28 2013, 08:52 Posted in Human Capital League | 0 comments , 6 views
Categories: Employee Engagement, Coaching & Mentoring, Diversity, Leadership, Management & Policy, Talent Management, Recruiting, Training & Development

“Our language is holographic. Each word contains not only the wide context of paragraph and sentence but the deeper context of our lives. When you interact with someone, their initial words carry the entire hologram of their consciousness.” William Isaacs, Dialogue and the Art of Thinking Together Time to reprise an article whose message grows more [...]

A Different Kind of Spring Detox

March 21 2013, 08:06 Posted in Human Capital League | 0 comments , 1 views
Categories: Employee Engagement, Coaching & Mentoring, Diversity, Leadership, Management & Policy, Talent Management, Recruiting, Training & Development

“Spring has returned. The earth is like a child that knows poems. Rainer Maria Rilke In this part of the world we celebrate the Spring Equinox this week. Renewal, growth and beginnings all come to mind when we think about spring. For the winter-weary, spring brings relief that the harsh weather is close [...]

5 Practices for Mindful Communication

March 14 2013, 08:54 Posted in Human Capital League | 0 comments , 1 views
Categories: Employee Engagement, Coaching & Mentoring, Diversity, Leadership, Management & Policy, Talent Management, Recruiting, Training & Development

It’s getting difficult not to bump into the word mindfulness these days. While mindfulness is mostly associated with meditation, I like to think of it as a way of being in the world. Mindfulness meditation “practice” is valuable – and it will likely have multiple ripple effects in every corner of your life. A [...]

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