To Hear Generously
The purpose of all listening is to move things forward. And it’s possible to build trust in under 2 minutes. Read more here, and then give it a try today.
All posts by: Deene Morris
The Contagious Wave
Ever yawn when someone else yawns? Laugh because someone else is laughing? That’s your mirror neurons allowing you to literally feel what others are feeling.
How’s Your Daily Grind?
Are you burning out from your daily grind? Shaping shifting to someone else’s dreams without regard for your core motivational needs?
The Adventure Continues: Thanks, Gardner Defoe
What does our professional life have in common with strangers in the wilderness? Actually, a lot. Solving complicated stuff, under duress, for extended periods of time…
How the Grit Grows Into the Pearl
Resiliency blossoms within meaningful relationships. Often the next best step isn’t to to solider forward but rather to take a risk and talk to someone.
Leadership & Hospitality: When Stranger is Guest
Leadership necessitates the practice of hospitality, welcoming the stranger and our vast differences, as guests at our table. This is how we unleash creativity and problem solving.
Baked or Half-Baked Cake?
A cake goes a long way in explaining introversion and extraversion in communication. How we compliment – and aggravate – one another.
Who’s Indispensable and Invisible on Your Team?
Do members of your team receive regular feedback on their significance, competence, value and worth? This is at the core of high-performing teams.
When the ROI Leaves Us Freezing Cold
When cost containment and ROI freezes the customer out, we’ve lost control of the relationship – the priceless asset. What’s really needed is to relinquish control and re-engage.
Feedback: The Most Undervalued EQ Skill
Feedback is your gift of data to your team and directly tied to psychological safety. It’s also grossly misunderstood, undervalued and underutilized.