The right tool for the job

The right tool for the job

I love a well-facilitated meeting. Helping people uncover their own wisdom or working with a group to help them meet their own goals – that is the sweetest! During my executive director years I experienced a lot of facilitation. The wide range of amazing and abysmal...

Bringing the sparkle

Office culture can make or break a person. It can take a committed employee and turn them into a bitter shriveled person or it can uplift a person and spur on their desire to contribute and participate. And while it is up to each of us to figure out our own response...
Moving beyond the soundbite

Moving beyond the soundbite

Privilege. Diversity. Micro-aggressions. Intersectionality.  White supremacy. Cultural appropriation. Identity politics. Alt right. Neo con and on and on and on. It’s enough to make your head swim. People (self included) throw around these left and right words...

Two different worlds – same outcome

I recently heard two stories that, though centered in very different realities, were depressingly similar. One was in the non-profit realm, one was in the start-up realm. One involved a young man at the beginning of his career, the other an older man making a career...

Developing compassion

“The scientific study of compassion suggests that compassion may be of crucial importance for our individual physical and psychological health.” In this increasingly-polarized world, active listening and compassion may be two of the most needed tools. Listening...