Emotional Intelligence
True Colors and How They Show Up
If you can identify your communication style, you can more easily alter your communication to be more effective and perhaps improve that relationship.
Appreciation in the Face of Anticipation
Anticipation keeps us moving forward. It enables us to apply what we’ve learned. But there’s a trap: Over-anticipation, anxiety, and burnout.
I Grieve and I Appreciate
My father recently passed away after struggling with Parkinson’s & COPD. As I was on this journey, I realized the importance of leading with empathy.
Six Steps Toward Resilient Leadership
Feeling burned out as the leader? Resilience is the capacity to meet adversity, setbacks and trauma, and recover to lead and live life fully.
A way to improve workplace stress
Gratitude makes us feel good on both the sending and receiving side. However, it goes further: expressing gratitude at work can make us healthier.
Developing Resilience
Resilience provides confidence to step up and lead. Resilient leaders are able to overcome setbacks and help others overcome their setbacks.
Back to Basics
[Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Susan Washburn, Program Leader and Leadership Coach at MOR Associates. Susan may be reached at [email protected].] Recently, I pushed the rewind button on my Leadership Journey. Looking back at the lessons we have learned is one of the most powerful activities in the MOR Leaders Program. My journey is […]
What Would Donna Do?
What Would Donna Do? [Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Beth Holtz, Senior Manager for Strategic Initiatives and Administration in Research Computing, Princeton University. She is a MOR alum. Beth may be reached at [email protected].] I have a tendency to over commit. Not only am I a people-pleaser, but I also get great satisfaction contributing […]
Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff
[Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Brandon Bernier, Vice President IT and CIO, Colorado State University. He is a MOR program alum. Brandon may be reached at [email protected].] Several years ago, I worked for a leader who always seemed to have the right advice at the right time. Once, when I was struggling with a large […]
Lead with emotion but don’t let emotion lead you
[Today’s Tuesday Reading is from Lori Green, Program Leader and Leadership Coach at MOR Associates. Lori may be reached at [email protected].] I have asked many leadership cohorts what they thought made their boss a good boss. The usual responses are, “they listened to me,” “they cared about my development,” “they trusted me,” “they understood when […]