A few weeks ago, driving home on a pitch black night, a client of mine was startled by three deer standing in the middle of the road. In a flash, one deer jumped to the right, another to the left. …
[Guest blogger Jane Cocking, MCC, is a Principal at Wisdom Works]
Lynda and I have chosen 6:30 Monday mornings as our time to put the world right via the elliptical machines at the YMCA. Between breaths we typically …
Nina and I recently presented at the Southern Colorado Sustainability Conference on the topic of socially responsible leadership. When we used an example from our work with The Coca-Cola Company, a hand shot up and we got an earful: “I …
The meeting would have gone swimmingly if not for that one nagging question. My client asked for the umpteenth time if I’d done a critical task for our collaborative project… and I felt myself become rigid inside. As my body …
Hinged forward at the hips, hands intertwined behind my back, arms over my head… as I bend my way through a twice-weekly ritual of yoga, I reflect on my recent whirlwind of back-to-back conferences. (Yes, even while doing yoga, one …
Remember the day you drove home on the same boring route, yet noticed — for the very first time — how the sun hangs like an exquisite saffron-colored ball in the sky right before it sets?
Or the time you …
Motorcycle riding, like organizational leadership, requires an ability to focus well out ahead. I make this connection in my mind as I’m looking down the zigzag mountain road that leads to my house. When first learning to ride, I used …
“Is it nap-time yet?” The question popped in my head, right in the middle of my afternoon client meeting. What rotten timing.
Once the meeting was done, I analyzed today’s energy plunge: “Did I forget to exercise?” (No, I hiked …
I was prepping for a teleconference with the Wisdom Works leadership team this morning. In this case, “prepping” was not a legal-pad to-do list or an agenda on my computer screen, but rather a few quiet moments to look out …
My own study subject, Trek the puppy, exemplifying full engagement in the matter at hand.
I just listened to a webinar of late-breaking research about employee engagement and I’m stunned. The bombshell? According to the Human Performance Institute, no less …
