Category Archives: leadership

Building Resiliency through Emotional Awareness

  Resiliency. The ability to spring back from and successfully adapt to adversity. A return to balance. Emotional Buoyancy. Flexibility. Are we what we feel? While that may be a rhetorical question, there is truth behind it.  Because advancing emotional understanding … Continue reading

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Reclaiming the Power of Your Intuition Part 2

“The first step is intuition and it comes with a burst.” Thomas Edison Born in 1847, Thomas Alva Edison wasn’t a particularly bright child. He was intensely curious and started conducting experiments from the time he was a child. His … Continue reading

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Reclaiming The Power of Your Intuition Part 1

L’atmosphere Camille Flammarion “The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.”    Albert Einstein       Most people have experienced the often vague feeling … Continue reading

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The Management Model You Can’t Manage Without – Part 2

“Brain science’s transformation of management isn’t just about another new technique or model. It’s about shifting our paradigm to incorporate the hard data of science and fundamentally changing the way we think about business.”                                   Charles S. Jacobs, Management Rewired Neuroscience … Continue reading

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The Management Model You Can’t Manage Without – Part 1

In his book, Your Brain at Work, author David Rock gave organizational leaders an essential model for understanding human dynamics at work. Forget the “toolkit.”  This model is the foundation that holds everything affecting performance in place. Managers, leaders and … Continue reading

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The Ultimate Diet for a New Year – The 7 Day Mental Cleanse

    It’s diet season, right? Put down that muffin and pick up that kale. There’s no shortage of articles, ads and advice on shedding those extra pounds.  Even if you don’t achieve your weight goals (and I wish you … Continue reading

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Management, Neuroscience and Emotional Contagion – Redux

This week marks the 2nd Anniversary of The Intentional Workplace.  I’m pleased to say that in the past year the blog’s readership has greatly expanded. Thank you! All of this year’s posts continue to attract readers but two in particular stand … Continue reading

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Because I Said So: The Slow Death of Authoritarian Leadership

We’re watching it happen before our very eyes.  From the uprising in the Middle East to the emergence of the Occupy Movement – much of the world is experiencing profound collective introspection. For some it’s a slow bubbling – for … Continue reading

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The Bullies Among Us

 In every nook and cranny of the workplace – private, public and non-profit – bullies are dominating their co-workers, often with the tacit and explicit approval of management. I feel compelled to write something about these toxic behaviors that are … Continue reading

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Question the Answers: Using Critical Thinking to Change Workplace Dynamics

“Heresy is another word for freedom of thought.” Graham Greene I often hear people say, “We need more critical thinking in the world, we should be teaching it in schools.” I don’t disagree with those ideas. But I wonder if … Continue reading

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