Archive for Personal Development
Relationships Are the Key to Career Strength
What’s the most important thing to learn if you want to advance your career? How to foster, develop, and manage relationships effectively. In today’s emerging right-brain economy, the hard skills taught in schools provide only the baseline of what is required in most professions. Professionals who have the edge — those singled out for high-potential [...]
Listening – the Key to Reaching Just About Anyone
In my various roles – strategy consultant, executive coach, mother of teen-aged boys, Board volunteer – I’ve run into people I don’t understand and with whom I can’t find common ground. It doesn’t happen often, but when it does, you’re stumped. In talking with colleagues about this phenomenon, we could all describe what happens: there [...]
Master of Applied Positive Psychology Now Available at University of Pennsylvania
I’ve mentioned the folks working on Authentic Happiness before on this blog; they are led by Dr. Marty Seligman and located within the University of Pennsylvania. I first learned about Seligman via his book, Learned Optimism, which I read in the 1990s and still find reasons to think about (on a fairly regular basis) today. [...]
Personal Development – One Word at a Time
Gail Fritz, a writer friend of mine recently shared the following essay with me. I was struck by the possibilities of the exercise she describes for both the individuals and the organizations with which I work. When a company or nonprofit is trying to articulate its vision, one of the most difficult things is to [...]
