Being heard
Sometimes our presence is enough because the value of being listened to is about being heard.
Sometimes our presence is enough because the value of being listened to is about being heard.
There has always been a need for strategy, and it seems to be at the forefront of many leaders’ minds right now. However, this hyperfocus on strategy just might be taking you down the wrong path. Here’s why. As we all have limited bandwidth, focusing solely on strategy will leave something out. Juggling competing priorities…
It hasn’t been the first time I have heard that someone was told they needed lead from their head and not from their heart. And yet, I was surprised that leaders are still giving this feedback. What surprised me the most is the feedback wasn’t about balancing the two but rather excluding the heart in…
Standing in front of the mirror, it couldn’t be denied. It was definitely bigger than a month ago. My appointment was this week. I had canceled it twice already. It was the height of covid. I was a healthcare leader. Taking any time off didn’t seem like an option. Arriving at my appointment early, I…
The lake is so beautiful. You love this lake; you love the streams that fill it. And sitting next to this lake you close your eyes. Head tilted towards the sun. And then there is a strange feeling, a sense of motion. It happens so fast. SPLASH!! You are shocked. What just happened?! You are…
The word sacrifice is so easy to say and yet it means so much. Even saying thank you for your sacrifice of time doesn’t begin to explain what that really means. The sacrifice of time is not being able to be with your family, to watch your children grow, to be there when the car…
Today, poetry. Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed. Beyond this…