The Problem with Diagnoses
Last week, a leader called me to discuss a conflict that had arisen on her team.One of her team members had challenged a decision made by a colleague, who in turn responded with indignation and intensity.Sparks flew, tears flowed and everyone else at the meeting...
Impatient? Trust the Sprouting Stage
Have you ever tried a new communication strategy and the other person respond in the same way as they usually do, and then you concluded that your efforts “didn’t work”? Me too. Then, I remind myself that change often happens beneath the surface, and...
5 Steps for Working with Anger Nonviolently
The second time I got expelled, it was for my defiant noncompliance with “hazing” rituals at a boarding school in South Africa. I was 13 and taking on the world. I would not wear the winter uniform in the height of an African summer. I would not carry seniors’...
Embracing Laziness
On Sunday, I spent a luxuriously lazy day on my couch reading books, cuddling with my cats, hearing rumbles of thunder and drippy raindrops, drinking multiple cups of coconut chai tea. Heaven. Truly. But every now and then, a twinge of guilt and self-recrimination...
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