In your head…

After taking a glorious summer off, I came back into the work fold and found myself a bit "off".  I won't say I was depressed, but let's just say I didn't easily connect with the confident, highly competent provider of service that I pride myself in being.  So I wrote it out.  For each project, whether professional or personal I found myself completely in my head with "the judge" serving as the master of ceremony for this exercise.  When staring at the page I had five main categories from specific projects to my health.  Each one had a number of bullet points with either a negative or a positive sign next to it (again... the judge) and suffice it to say the negatives far...

Oh no… it’s FODO!!!

How might FODO (Fear Of Disappointing Others) be effecting your performance and life?

My Podcast: Remote Team Management

Managing remote workforces takes us back to some of the basics of good management but also includes a fresh look at the mindset, skillset, and toolsets necessary to make it work for all. I was honored to be a guest on a Rebilo HR’s podcast covering, what is normally a 2 hour workshop on the topic in a mere 18 minutes!  Take a listen for insights on how to make the “new work” work for your organization.  Click here to have a listen and please reach out if you’d like to learn more!

What I’m Learning These Days: Anger

I first learned about the connection between fear and anger when I was on Outward Bound at age 16. We were hiking on our own in the dark along a pretty hairy section of, what should have been a trail, and one of my fellow hikers started to whistle. Somehow… I lost it. I started yelling at him that he wasn’t allowed to whistle, that our leader (who wasn’t with us) was the whistler. Complete irrational reaction. My fear about hurting myself, being lost, seeing others get hurt took over my rational mind. I had literally “flipped my lid”. I was reminded of this, perhaps southern turn of phrase, when I watched Dr. Daniel Siegel’s brief, wonderful explanation of how our brains...