Best of Ourselves

The latest research shows it is not the content that makes conflict productive or unproductive, it is the directness and intensity that make the difference.

Recent research clearly shows how 27 minutes a day increase our ability to be more intentional.

Great leadership has both warmth and strength.  To influence, start with the warmth.

We can support ourselves in changing behavior by changing the environment.  Don't want to eat as much candy, move the dish further away or out of site.

"It is possible to nudge yourself in a better direction everyday" says Rick Hanson.  In 10 second increments we can grow and become more resilient.

There is lots of evidence that collaboration can reap more rewards than competition.  Maybe its time to re-think competition.

Rethinking Organizations is a self-published book by Frederic Laloux.  He shows how organizational forms have mirrored our evolving consciousness.  He found a number of profit and non-profit organizations in the US and Europe that show the power of a different way of organizing.

It can be quite freeing to learn how to accept what shows up versus how it "should" have been.

Do I focus on resistance or what I am trying to create? Using a lesson from Wendy Palmer's book Leadership Embodiment, I learned we can move more easily when we know our inspiration (higher purpose) and remember we are supported.

Do we live a divided life (a phrase coined by Parker Palmer)?  Do I have the courage to show up and let myself be seen.