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Do you know what the Sankofa is? I heard it referred to briefly at a recent conference I attended, and it stirred me to research it further. Turns out the sankofa is a metaphorical bird, generally depicted with its feet
Criticism stings. Sure, it is sometimes couched as gentler “feedback”, or offered as “advice”, or even presented as a “pointer”. Yet criticism it is. And most of us don’t respond positively to criticism, especially at first. Dealing with criticism is
I’ve often blogged about how leaders can give negative feedback more effectively (including this post: Five things every leader should know about giving negative feedback). But a recent event caused me to consider how good leaders are at soliciting and
Back in February, my professional colleague Patricia Morgan wrote a guest post on workplace resiliency, specifically on how resilient people have an attitude of gratitude, even during tough times. Her post was received so well that I asked her to
Recently, a family member suffered a partial lung collapse (it’s okay, she’s recovering 🙂 ) and part of her rehabilitation therapy is to practice breathing slowly and deeply through her nose. But old habits are hard to break, and she
Last week I received an unexpected phone call from a speaking colleague that made me think about defensiveness in employees in a whole new light. This colleague called because she wanted to offer me “feedback” about an email I’d sent