Brave Job Searching?
Thanks for all your good wishes as I look for my perfect role. And to those of you who think…
Maverick Job Searching
It is time for a change, after 3 years in my current role. I’ve achieved great things in that role,…
Internal Motivation and Courageous Conversations part 2
In my last post on Courageous Conversations, I wrote about how we need to tap into people's internal motivations in…
The 30 Day Challenge wins the Unlimited Human Potential M-Prize
The 30 Day Challenge just won the Unlimited Human Potential M-Prize. You can read the Developing Tomorrow’s Talent: A Girl,…
Internal Motivation and Courageous Conversations
Over the years, there have been many theories about what motivates us human beings. Our perspective has shifted as the…
Employee Experience Counts
Some of you know that my previous job was all about talking to our employees, about their needs and desires, so…
Support and Challenge in Courageous Conversations
In the last post on Maturity and Courageous Conversations, I promised to write more about support vs challenge. Support is…
Maturity and Courageous Conversations
I wrote about the importance of maturity last week, on the part of the supervisor AND the supervisee. Assuming you…
Emotional Maturity in the Supervisor/Supervisee relationship
What's the connection between the actions that supervisors can take to avoid game-playing, and the actions that supervisees can take?…
The antidote to power-play: supervisees, it’s your turn
We addressed the actions that supervisors can take to move out of game-playing. How about the supervisee? It takes two…
The antidote to power-play? Supervisors, listen up
We’ve discussed how easy it is for the supervisor/supervisee relationship to be consciously or sub-consciously ambushed by power play. Even…
Games that supervisors play
Last week, we started to explore the power dynamics that can get in the way of a successful supervisor/supervisee relationships if we…
Games that supervisees play to regain their power
Let’s talk about the games that (some) supervisees play as a way to cope with the imbalance of power. See if…
The power dynamics in supervisor/supervisee relationships
I write a lot about the power of conversation. So let’s talk about something that can get in the way…
Notice the wheels on your stroller
Brenda Patnaude writes for us again today: I was a young single mother of a 3 year old boy when…
Each of Us is Greater and Wiser Than We Appear To Be
Today, we are privileged to have a guest post from Brenda Patnaude, who writes: On a random Saturday as I drove…
