Category: Self-Knowledge

The Sheer Grandeur of Our Mistakes

In case you haven’t been fol­low­ing the Wells Far­go scan­dal, I am reprint­ing the tran­scrip­tion of Sen­a­tor Eliz­a­beth War­ren ques­tion­ing John Stumpf, CEO and Chair­man of the Board of Wells Far­go dur­ing recent Sen­ate hear­ings. Over a peri­od of five years, 5,300 employ­ees were fired for open­ing accounts for cus­tomers with­out their knowl­edge, result­ing in… Con­tin­ue read­ing The Sheer Grandeur of Our Mistakes

An Exercise to Reduce Negative Inner Voice

Recent­ly, I’ve been work­ing with a num­ber of clients who are inter­est­ed in reduc­ing their neg­a­tive thoughts, self-talk and defen­sive reac­tions. Here are some notes from our dis­cov­er­ies togeth­er and a relat­ed net search.* • Neg­a­tive inner voice (inner crit­ic) express­es thoughts ini­tial­ly formed as a set of rules and penal­ties aimed to pro­tect us… Con­tin­ue read­ing An Exer­cise to Reduce Neg­a­tive Inner Voice

Love, Truth and Thinking for Yourself

The polit­i­cal scene in the Unit­ed States is so deeply frus­trat­ing. We are polar­ized, embat­tled, insult­ed and insult­ing, tired of fear but still feel­ing it — often as a kind of mid­night despair and pow­er­less­ness. What the hell hap­pened? Now we are so eas­i­ly out­raged, con­temp­tu­ous and seem­ing­ly des­per­ate for rad­i­cal change that means our… Con­tin­ue read­ing Love, Truth and Think­ing for Yourself

Leadership Feedback, Leadership Wounds

In one way or anoth­er, lead­ers are always receiv­ing feed­back. Some­times it is from the voiced reac­tions of peo­ple at a meet­ing they are guid­ing. Some­times it is more for­mal, for exam­ple from a staff sur­vey or 360 degree appraisal process. As a con­sul­tant and coach, I’ve noticed a fair­ly com­mon pat­tern in the process… Con­tin­ue read­ing Lead­er­ship Feed­back, Lead­er­ship Wounds