Back to my 6 building blocks I’ve been using across my coaching and advisory clients. In this installment, it’s the ‘𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬’ block. ‘𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬’ explores mostly what it sounds like: how one works with others in and around their work. ‘Others’ can be anyone

With Labor Day in the US quickly approaching, I thought it timely to share the 3rd of the 6 building blocks I’ve been using and refining across my coaching and advisory work: the ‘𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐈 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤’ block.   The ‘𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐈 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤’ block explores

I am returning to the 6 building blocks I’ve been using and refining across my coaching and advisory clients (and, of course, with myself), focusing this time on the ‘𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤’ block.     My previous post on these blocks (link in comments) focused

I very recently shared the 6 building blocks (link in comments) I’ve been using across my client work (and with myself), and I plan to click into each of the blocks over a few posts. I’ll start with ‘𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐈 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤’. This building block weighs a little more than the

In my desire to help simplify somewhat the work of making things better for work, workers and workplace, I have broken that work — or at least my portion of it — into six basic building blocks that I use with my clients (and myself): 1. How I work 2.

One of my favorite Seinfeld bits (from the TV show) is when Jerry goes to pick up the rental car he reserved and learns there are no cars available. Irritated, he snarkily imparts on the un-apologetic agent “You know how to take the reservation. You just don’t know how to

  “I can’t be any good to you if I am not good to myself.” For whatever reason, I stopped and paid close attention to these words from Mary J. Blige (she said these in an interview I watched this morning about her new children’s book ‘Mary Can’).   I