My (mostly) weekly thoughts on leadership, high performance, wellbeing and more.

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3 Tips to Feel More Ease in Your Day

When you experience more ease in your day, it’s not just pleasant. You will be more creative and productive, and probably a lot nicer to be around. So, here are three strategies that can help you do just that.

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5 ways to keep your cool when someone is angry at you

Sometimes pushing back can be particularly challenging when a stakeholder is angry and/or powerful. It requires a delicate balance between maintaining the relationship and respecting your own limits. Here are 5 strategies that you can use to push back effectively in these difficult situations.

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Busywork will take over if you let it

Lately there has been a real theme among my clients: how to find time to get important work done in the face of the relentless onslaught of to-dos.

Here’s the hard reality…

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