The Power of Perception: Modeling Calm in Chaos
A breakdown ninety minutes from home with two young daughters, and the leadership lesson it taught: your tone sets theirs. Why composure is a model others learn from.
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Notes from the shoreline
Short, practical perspective on leadership, coaching, and developing people: lessons from 30 years of this work, and more than a few from everyday life.
Composure · 3 min read
Words Matter · 5 min read
Solving More Than the Cube
A mom told her son he wasn’t smart enough for a Rubik’s Cube. What happened next in the toy aisle, and why the words we use under stress matter more than we think.
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Empathy · 3 min read
Rethinking the Golden Rule
The Golden Rule is a great foundation. Why the Platinum Rule, treating others the way they want to be treated, builds on it and makes empathy strategic for leaders.
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Accountability · 4 min read
“I Don’t Care!”
What a conversation with my daughters taught me about accountability: why “I don’t care” is rarely apathy, what to say instead, and how leaders can stop accepting the hedge.
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Courage · 3 min read
Take a Risk!
A date that never happened, and what it taught me about risk: rejection isn’t failure, showing up is winning, and leaders set the tone for whether people raise their hands.
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