We’ve pondered extensively and expansively about the nature of management and leadership: What is it? How do you measure it? How do you foster it? What do the managers we know need most? And thus, The Manager’s Tool Kit came into being.
After much testing and refinement we decided it was high time to put our thoughts to paper and invite you into our ongoing conversations.
Read MoreHalfway There This last week we enjoyed a bursting strawberry moon on the summer solstice. We’re halfway through the Earth’s orbit and the calendar year. It’s also the sixth month mark in my year’s commitment to daily meditations.
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This melancholy quote has been a motivating challenge for us at SeaChange—how do we accelerate the development of wisdom in leaders and teams? The commitment to that quest is embedded in our logo.
Read MoreThis leadership journey starts with my brother. He joined the military at 18 and retired nearly three decades later as a Navy SEAL Commander.
Read MoreAs adults we become more self-directed in how we learn. It needs to be relevant, experiential and customized, to cite a few adult learning principles.
Read MoreEver feel like your brain is a small furry creature furiously gathering acorns and then promptly forgetting where the last batch was stored?
Read MoreThanks to technology, we’re able to maximize every moment, filling the time between meetings, deadlines and errands with a text, a tweet or a YouTube video. But maybe we’re missing something here. Perhaps those in-between moments matter more than we realize.
Read MoreI do think and talk a lot about clarity and intentionality with my executive coaching clients. What I haven’t spent much time exploring—at least out loud—is the tangled and often bewildering process of getting to that desired state of lucidity.
Read MoreMy last post on work-life balance, The Juggling Act, resulted in more responses from you, Dear Readers, than any prior blog. That seems a good indicator that I should write about the topic again, this round sharing your insights.
Read MoreThe stars and stripes in our small town Memorial Day Parade got me thinking about how the Declaration of Independence articulates our right to pursue happiness, but there’s no guarantee we’ll ever achieve it.
Read MoreWe are in the third and final day of a national junior high chess tournament. It’s a multicultural scene with students from across the country and all ethnic backgrounds.
Read MoreIn the field of quantum physics there is a hypothetical experiment involving a cat-in-a-box. Also at play are the theories of entanglement and superposition, which would require more than this blog or my liberal arts brain to properly explain.
Read MoreMost practitioners in the field of leadership development would agree that increased self-awareness is one of the first stages of professional growth.
Read MoreRecently I was asked, "Who are your wisdom mentors?" After some reflection I generated the following list. First and foremost is Mom, who treated me as an equal from our earliest conversations and who continues to embrace new learning every day.
Read MoreLast week I attended Wisdom 2.0 Business, a thought-provoking conference in NYC about innovation, mindfulness and purpose-driven work.
Read MoreRecently I’ve come up against some hard limits—and I’m a little bruised for it. I’ve been training for a half ironman this fall.
Read MoreAbout two decades ago my little brother, a career Navy SEAL, taught me a breathing technique that has since become my favorite go-to mindfulness tool, not unlike my trusty Swiss Army knife that accompanies me on all outdoor adventures.
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