When we first started in the working world—and by extension in the adult world—one of the salient pieces of advice we were repeatedly given by other working people was, “fake it until you make it.” Now, in most contexts of the workplace, where things happen—projects, ideas, tasks, etc.—underneath the force Read more…
It’s tough to be generous when paying the bill for groceries every month is a struggle. This is one of the fist pieces of feedback that we receive here at Human Services Consulting and Training (HSCT) when we blog about trust and “giving it away to get rich later” in Read more…
“Courage is the discovery that you may not win, and trying when you know you can lose.” -Tom Krause Monday, we asked a series of questions, borne out of experiences, conversations and observations that we have made as we have been building a business here in the Southern Tier of Read more…
We tell ourselves compelling stories, where the drivers of the conflicts that move the narrative along, are not us, but others. We do this for two reasons: We want more credit for successes and less blame for failures. We get uncomfortable with tension and discomfort. In an era of curated Read more…
There are all kinds of personalities operating in the world today. There are the “weird” outliers who enjoy collecting odd, unusual items off of Ebay. There are the “bosses” and the “employees.” There are even the “nice” “normal” people who turn on their television and fall asleep in front of Read more…
The word “no” is so compelling because it serves as both a positive and a negative. We’ve written about this before, here and here, and it never fails to amaze us how much more there is to cover. This is because the crowning question that we asked, from clients to Read more…
The corollary question to, “Does any of this stuff really work?” is “Does anybody really change?” The writer and marketer Seth Godin, in his most recent audio production, Leap First, talked about how people often need to hear assurances. Assurances that everything is going to be alright in spite of Read more…
Yes. But it requires you to engage and be active, rather than passive. How many people do you know that are passive participants in their own lives? How many of them are in conflict with others? Stuff doesn’t just “happen”(no matter what the bumper sticker may tell you) and active Read more…
Earbud_U Episode #9 – Anastasia Pryanikova, Linguist, Coach, Entrepreneur, Writer, Transmedia Storyteller and Visionary [powerpress] Marketers tell stories and mediators hear stories. And this is just the beginning of the story. Many folks in the field of peacemaking and peace building are trying many different things to get the attention of Read more…
“Sign, sign, everywhere a sign. Blockin’ out the scenery, breakin’ my mind. Do this, don’t do that, can’t you read the sign?” – Five Man Electrical Band (1971) In this week’s post “How to Autopsy a Conflict,” we here at Human Services Consulting and Training (HSCT) addressed some of the methods which Read more…