Said by a confused employee to a colleague:
“My boss told me he’s lost all trust in my ability to get the job done. What do I do to get him to trust me again?”
Trust is a complicated, complex, and fragile bond.
One that requires time and effort to grow, and unfortunately only a nanosecond to tear apart. (more…)
A small group of us here in Charleston had grown tired of networking groups where much of what went on was people passing out business cards on a quest to discover if you are a likely business prospect.
So we created C3—a venue for meeting authentic people, engaging in meaningful conversation, and doing so for the pure joy of it.
Our “brain spa” is fueled by discussion questions that allow us to stimulate our thinking by means of invigorating conversation about current or historical events, controversial topics, philosophy, pop culture, etc.
Our resolutions for the new year was a topic in our December meeting. (more…)
Being together again after so many years was pure delight. The connection seemed as if we were finishing a conversation begun only the day before.
Familiarity is so comforting.
Until…
…there’s too much of it and its dark side surfaces: lack of innovation, narrow-minded thinking, ingrained and unquestioned bias, outdated practices, and failure to grow as a person.
Boredom, too.
So, what’s the antidote to inflexible comfort zones with self-imposed boundaries that limit our potential? (more…)
Is your company interested in having higher productivity? Being more innovative?
Research data links diversity to these improved results.
Surprised? Curious about where to begin?
Read on! (more…)
In spring 2014, New York Mets second baseman Daniel Murphy took three days of paternity leave when his first child was born.
Sounds like a perfectly reasonable thing for a new dad to do, yet many sports announcers and fans soundly criticized his decision. Why? Because it resulted in him not playing in two baseball games.
Why would such a simple decision create such an uproar? (more…)
