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Tracking Expectations
John Dewey said, “We don’t learn from experience. We learn from reflecting on experience.” It’s one of my favorite quotes, because coming across this idea – and then putting it into practice – changed the way I understood the power of reflection. And being able to reflect ultimately starts with knowing what you’re reflecting on. […]
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Effective Communication
There’s so much to be said about effective communication! I’ll start with a little from KornFerry (see also: Leadership Competencies) and then share a bit from Jeannie Kahwajy’s work on this topic, plus a way to practice. In the KornFerry Leadership Competency framework, Effective Communication is part of the “Influencing People” cluster within the “People” […]
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Conscious Leadership
I love the Conscious Leadership Group focus on building awareness and the capacity for self-agency as a foundation for leadership. In our work together, I like to integrate concepts like those described below of “locating yourself” and the “drama triangle”. Consider checking out their book & other practical products: The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership […]
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Leadership Competencies
Intentional development of Leadership Competencies is one of the primary activities of leaders – and one that can easily be de-prioritized in high stakes environments. With the support of another leader or a coach, this can become a path to taking your leadership practice to the next level. Korn Ferry offers a powerful research-based framework […]
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How we think about client needs or requirements
We often think about client work in terms of how to meet their needs. I’ve often found it helpful to ask some probing questions of teams to try to understand what types of needs we’re talking about. Common possibilities include: Some clarifying lines of questioning include: I’m curious whether you also see this nuance, what […]
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Develop Your Team
Find Your Way Together Collaboration & Problem-Solving Discover what you can unlock as you deepen your collaboration and truly align your efforts towards what you have come together to realize in the world. Are there difficult conversations you’re not sure how to have? Do you feel like you keep having the same conversation again & […]
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Skills we’ll develop together
More about what we’ll work on practicing during our work together…
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One shape coaching can take
Develop and test your personal strategy, in a container of caring reflection, thought partnership, and creative accountability to support you to gather your tools & develop your practice of continuous improvement via evidence-based problem solving and small, intentional learning cycles. We’ll design small tests of your ideas, reflect on your experiences, track your progress in […]
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Why I care about this rationality thing
On the world stage right now, I’m seeing cult-like dynamics play out that I know well from having spent 12 consecutive years in 2 consecutive cults. I have first-hand experience of the damage that cults bring to a person’s psyche and their lives and communities. That is happening now en masse through micro-targeting via increasingly […]
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Acting Rationally VS Applying Rationality
There’s a difference between acting rationally and applying rationality. I believe most of us act rationally, in the sense that we optimize for our best outcomes based on what we think and believe at the time, based on what we’re aware of in the moment, the information we consciously have access to in that moment. […]
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On Integral Theory
Integral Theory is a philosophical meta-framework developed by Ken Wilber, drawing heavily from Spiral Dynamics based on the work of Clare Graves and Don Beck. It was born of an extensive study of different frameworks and theories of the world and taking the approach that none of these is 100% wrong. What followed is a […]
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Flowchart example: Tidying the room
This is an example is of a knowledge map. It’s a flowchart that describes the steps that this client wanted to practice following in order to keep their room tidy. Typically, we would create knowledge maps like this one after identifying a process you already have in place that you’d like to “make explicit” or […]
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And so what is Continuous Improvement?
Continuous improvement is the art & science of how to Always Be Learning. Discover how to weave in these practices to support you to keep getting closer to your vision. Learn more! Discover easeful ways to adjust to change Build skills, learn simple tools & develop scalable systems (reliable ways of doing things) that support […]
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Cultivating authentic community
One of the best ways to learn is together. Circles are ancient technology for engaging in community and support each other in our quests. I love that though I can’t see what’s behind me (e.g., my unseen tendencies), others in a circle can see some of it! We all have different parts of the puzzle, […]
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Aligning to your vision
We have only so many hours in the day. Especially as we learn / yearn to establish healthy boundaries for ourselves around how much we work and how much time we spend taking care of ourselves, our families, our communities outside of work. So how do we really make that time count? Aligning to your […]
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Measuring improvement
What does it mean to improve? How do we know we are improving? One line of thinking tells us that we can only improve what we can measure. Sometimes when we hear “measure” we think of cold, hard things, like money and bottom lines. Yet, if we get creative, we can find ways to also […]
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Prioritizing your development
I’ve seen leaders deprioritize their development again & again. It makes sense given the pressures and pace that many leaders face. I think about it as a form of self care (self-love)… If I don’t prioritize it, no one else can do it for me. And, if I don’t do it, there will be implications, […]
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Knowledge Products
How we can work together Build Your Knowledge Practice Simplify & organize your knowledge (documented + tacit) & any essential information flows (with customized structures & processes). Customize processes & structures to maintain your growing knowledge base. Clean up the noise of information overload & overwhelm to make that knowledge work for you. Theme: Organizing […]
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Systems Consulting for your Org
How we can work together Systems Consulting with your Organization Design systems that ensure ongoing learning for individuals, teams, and communities (bringing in technology only when needed), centering transparency and deep collaboration to enable continuous improvement within your organization. Includes any of the one-on-one options applied with your teams, plus: Theme: Developing Human Systems for […]
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Seeing What We Already Know
from the archives There’s something I’ve been practicing for awhile now. Its origins in my life are kind of two-fold. One part is an impetuous insistence that I can indeed both have my cake & eat it too.. (What a nonsensical supposed dichotomy, that one! I just never understood why those are posed as mutually exclusive..) […]
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