Looking before you leap is the message of the world. We tell our children to “be careful.” We reprimand and lecture people on “their tone.” And we subtly and nonverbally sanction those who get out of line, get off the train, or go in a different direction. This tendency to Read more…
Most MBA program curriculums educate students in the parts of managing, analyzing, and operating an organization that organizations have deemed important: accounting, finance, managerial economics, operations, strategy, and information technology. All of these are great areas of focus, as well as areas of specialization, but with 4,000 programs at 454 Read more…
I never had a color day when I went to school. But my kids do. It’s a day at school when anyone can wear an outfit featuring a part of (or dominated by) their favorite color. Conflicts create opportunities to stand up, stand out, and to show your colors. But Read more…
Thin slicing happens when the human mind shifts quickly through first impressions, intuition based on past experiences, and current information, and makes a judgment about a message, a person, or an idea. Thin slicing is at the root of snap judgments, continuing conflicts, nagging disagreements, and fights that never seem Read more…
[Podcast] Earbud_U, Season Three, Episode #4 – Ruth Henneman, Leadership Development, Coaching People, Enriching Human Resource Consulting [powerpress] The next three episodes of this podcast are all about leadership, from three different perspectives, so let’s all hold on for the ride. Leadership is the capacity to get groups of people Read more…
My book, Marketing For Peace Builders: How to Market Your Value to a World in Conflict is one step closer to being completed today. I recorded a book trailer (link here), laying out some important points from the book, and encouraging you to get on the pre-order list. After you’ve Read more…
There will always be the option to drink your own Kool-Aid. There will always be the option to continue believing that “everything will just ‘work out’ somehow.” There will always be the option to avoid doing the hard work of being uncomfortable while learning a new competency (consciously unskilled) and to Read more…
There is a lot of advice floating around about how to build a better world. Most of the advice though, is similar to that one M&M candy in every bag which when bitten into, collapses revealing nothing underneath the candy-coated shell. The leaning on symbolism—the candy-coated shell—rather than focusing on the hard Read more…
Resonance is a term from physics that describes what happens when an object’s natural vibration frequency responds to an external stimulus of the same frequency. Resonance occurs in nature when an object vibrates without you even touching it. Resonance happens when people fall in love with each other; and, resonance Read more…
The equation is simple: Talents + Knowledge + Skills + Effort = Strengths Talents are non-teachable. They are naturally recurring patterns of thoughts, feelings, or behaviors that can be productively applied in a person’s life. Effort is also non-teachable. Effort is based on intrinsic motivation, as well as extrinsic influencers. Read more…