Power. We commend it in those we admire, and we criticize it in those we attack. We grasp for more when we feel dominated, then we hide what we have when we feel dominating. We root for underdogs and scold power grabbers, yet we also value winners over losers. In … [Read more...] about To Be or Not to Be Powerful
Empowering Potential
Thriving in 2018: Leverage and Adapt Your Behavior
It’s 8:30 a.m. and you ‘ve just planned your workday. Before hitting the first item on your to-do list, you casually check your email and see a high priority message from your boss. It includes a complex assignment that is due by day’s end. How do you most likely react? … [Read more...] about Thriving in 2018: Leverage and Adapt Your Behavior
Thriving in 2018: 6. Have Fun
Earlier this month I visited a friend and former colleague. She’s a successful leader who recently relocated as part of a cross-country move. Like other thriving professionals, she is motivated, productive, collaborative, and fulfilled. But, if I had to name a single defining … [Read more...] about Thriving in 2018: 6. Have Fun
Thriving in 2018: 5. Breathe
How do you respond to the idea of doing nothing? Does it feel like a passive state to which you easily default, happily surrendering your efforts to do? Or does it feel like an effort, a list of actions that must be completed before you are able to not do? In either case, doing … [Read more...] about Thriving in 2018: 5. Breathe
Thriving in 2018: 3. Share the Gift of Feedback
It’s feedback season in COMM-253 at RIT. And every student in the professional communication class is giving and receiving. This is my favorite time of the semester. Seeing honest praise and constructive criticism circulated thoughtfully makes me feel like the … [Read more...] about Thriving in 2018: 3. Share the Gift of Feedback
