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Tag Archives: conflict
A Random Glimpse of Excellence
Yesterday I witnessed something beautiful and worthy of putting out there. Life takes many turns and we all go through some difficult stuff at times, and there are no exceptions. But occasionally the gods of providence allow us to overhear … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Growth, Work
Tagged character, communication, conflict, grace, humility, integrity, leader, problem solving, relationships, role model, trust, values, wisdom
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The Dragon called “Solo” and the Cloak of Cameraderie
Every sportsperson knows that beyond the weekend hacker level, no matter how solo your sport “looks”, there is a team seeing you through to victory. My favourite sport is tennis, and within that, singles. It’s like a chess game, played … Continue reading
Posted in Work
Tagged accountability, balance, band of brothers, battle, cameraderie, campaign, caution, conflict, integrity, military, perspective, preparation, reconciliation, recovery, singles, support, team, tennis
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The Dragon called “Naiveté” and The Shield of Slightly Cynical Wisdom
Many HR discussions that take place do so where the stakes are high, and at the same time they take place when privacy is an important concern. The stakes are usually high for the employee involved, and less so for … Continue reading
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Tagged conflict, confrontation, control, cynicism, employee, employee relations, half-truth, manager, manipulate, meetings, over-trusting, performance management, preparation, risk, risk management, suit of armour, trust, undermine, untruth, witnesses
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Here be dragons, and here be (hopefully) how to slay them
As HR Leaders, our portfolio includes many things but significantly, change management, cultural development and/or guardianship, and leadership development. We are often called out of the safety of managing processes and procedures (let’s be honest, that’s not really what drives … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Growth, Work
Tagged change, character, circular reference, conflict, creativity, culture, diversity, human resources, integrity, leadership, problem solving
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Managing Stress through mindfulness and an accurate sense of Self Worth.
So there are about a million articles out there about mindfulness and how fantastic it is. This isn’t one of them. This is a real, down to earth assessment of whether it works for a busy executive. It does. In … Continue reading
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Tagged conflict, control, mindfulness, stress, wisdom, Work, workplace
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Blind-Spots
The other day I was made painfully aware of a personal shortcoming. I am sure it’s not the only one I have, but it is a biggie. I was advised, that under extreme stress, I am not always my usual … Continue reading
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Tagged blind-spot, conflict, gentleness, honesty, openness, shortcoming, stress, truth
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A Safe Place?
They say a ship is safe in the harbour, but a ship is not built for the harbour, it is built for the open sea… They also say one cannot discover uncharted shores, unless one loses sight of one’s familiar … Continue reading
The Art of “Yes”
I remember reading an article about that Drew Carey show “Whose Line is it Anyway?” it was about improvisation and apparently, the Golden Rule of multi-person (two or more people, obviously) improvisation is, quite simply, that one should never say … Continue reading
What makes for a DEEP trust?
One of the things I have become very comfortable with in my life, is the idea of “truth in tension”. In an earlier blog I used the example of a violin to demonstrate that beauty is sometimes contained in the … Continue reading
Kindness…
A friend who could not be at my wedding sent a truly insightful and simple marriage greeting to my wife and I… he said, quite simply, in his card to us “Be kind to each other”. Trusting his wisdom and … Continue reading
Notes From the Road 