"A diamond is just a piece of charcoal that handled stress exceptionally well." – Anonymous About This Week's Chat What "Resilience" Represents I've often thought about the word "resilience" during the past few days. What exactly is it? What does it mean to different people? Where do you get it? I don't have all the answers, […]
#MTtalk, Career Skills, Empowerment, Problem Solving, Stress
"Knowledge is knowing the right answer. Intelligence is asking the right questions." – Unknown. The History Teacher I grew up in an environment where I wasn't encouraged to practice critical inquiry. It was a typical conservative household where children had to be "seen and not heard." At best, I was allowed to ask questions that didn't […]
Discrimination on the basis of age is as unacceptable as discrimination on the basis of any other aspect of ourselves that we cannot change. ∼ Ashton Applewhite, American writer and activist. How Ageism Happens On a recent flight, the passenger next to me started talking to me. I'm not the best at small talk, but I […]
"The future is uncertain... but this uncertainty is at the very heart of human creativity." – Ilya Prigogine, Nobel prize-winning chemist About This Week’s Chat When I was driving to the office one morning, I heard on the radio that the bank I worked for had merged with three others. My heart sank. But, my initial shock was soon […]
Meetings Are Melting Pots While many of us try to "fit in" to a specific workplace culture, meetings often highlight different ways of thinking and doing things. It's because of how meetings work: we put a group of people in a room together to make a decision or to reach an agreement. Then, we discover that […]
Many years ago, when computers still had monochrome screens and could only run one program at a time, I worked in the property section of a bank. In those days, banks weren't known as being at the forefront of change. They often lagged behind when it came to changing systems and technology. My (then) husband worked […]
#MTtalk, Career Skills, Change Management, Communication, Empowerment, Problem Solving
Recently, I wrote about a time early in my career when I was perfectionistic, impatient and difficult to work with. I also mentioned that I was fortunate enough to end up with a boss who spotted my potential and took the time to coach me. Today I'd like to tell you what he did and how […]
Please join us! What: #MTtalk Where: Twitter When: Friday, Mar 3 @ 1pm EST (6pm GMT) Topic: Coaching Skills for Managers Host: @Mind_Tools About this Week’s Chat When I was younger, "running" was very much a four-letter word, as I firmly believed I was just not designed to do it. I played hockey, and after school […]
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#MTtalk: Please join us! What: #MTtalk Where: Twitter When: Friday, Feb 17 @ 1pm EST (6pm GMT) Topic: Is It Criticism or Feedback? Host: @Mind_Tools About this week’s chat "Long after your words are forgotten, people still remember how you made them feel." – Maya Angelou The other morning my husband and I overslept and […]
I could drive a car by the age of 13. Of course my mother didn't know, until the day that she wanted to teach me to drive. When I got behind the steering wheel of her car, I started the engine and drove off, with her making all kinds of odd noises in the passenger […]
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