When the Best Leadership Skill Is Just Being Present
Unlike traditional leadership responses to employees—offering advice, jumping to solutions, or minimizing feelings—attunement is about being with another person instead of trying to fix them or the situation. It’s when a leader deeply notices, actively listens, and signals to an employee: I see you. I understand you. You are safe here. Unfortunately, this powerful skill is rare among leaders, who are often taught that action is more important than listening.
Resilience and Grit: The Foundations of Thriving Through Challenges
We hear about resilience and grit often—but do we really understand how to apply these concepts in meaningful ways?
You Shouldn’t Pursue Happiness. Instead Engineer It With These Five Steps
When was the last time something happened to you that made you happy or unhappy? How long did the feeling last? How do we find lasting happiness? Conversations around happiness are both timeless and tricky. Let’s explore what’s confused so many people about pursuing happiness and shed light on the best approach, based on scientific research.
Dear Pregnant Mama, You Are Seen: Overcoming Challenges of Pregnancy in the Workplace
Are you or one of your coworkers pregnant or living with a newborn? Check out these tips to help lessen the stress and build your team’s trust and confidence.
How to Bust Procrastination: Part Three — Build Micro-Habits
Part Three shows the importance of repeating your most desirable habit-forming behaviors by building micro-habits that can bust procrastination and increase your bias for action.
The Growth Mindset Train: When To Stay On and When To Get Off
Knowing when to stay on the growth mindset train and when to get off (or not hop on in the first place) will allow you more time to invest energy into the areas that feel worth growing. Giving yourself permission to accept the invitation to hold a growth mindset or reject the invitation is quite empowering.
The Power of Face-to-Face Meetings
To Travel is expensive. Lots can be done on zoom. How do you justify bringing together geographically dispersed teams?
At Silicon Valley Change, we recently did just that. Eleven of us got together in person to share, talk and create something together. We found that spending a day together fundamentally deepened our relationships and changed the way we will work together in fundamental ways.
Living with A Twinkle In Your Eye: Creating A life of Meaning and Intention
If you are ready to live with a twinkle in your eye (or make the twinkle shine brighter), it might be time to clean out your closets and your life! Warning: Be prepared for people to stop you to ask what’s behind your twinkle!
3 Not So Obvious Ways to Boost Productivity
There are many ways to boost productivity; the three topics discussed here are powerful and accessible to everyone. Give sleep, meditation, and more movement a try and see what it does for you!
Want to improve your happiness? Find flow
I imagine the phrase, “when you do what you love you never work a day in your life” originated from someone who experienced flow at work. But finding flow doesn’t have to be about starting a new venture, career, or business.