by Lucy Freedman | Sep 16, 2019 | Consultants, Empowerment, Influence, Leaders, Newsletter
Your Job as Part of the Bigger PictureIn light of Labor Day just past, let’s take a look at what we do and what it means.Each day, we pick up our work and go forward. Sometimes we can tell we’re moving ahead, sometimes we are in maintenance mode or a creative phase...
by Lucy Freedman | Aug 27, 2019 | Consultants, Emotional Intelligence, Influence, Leaders, Newsletter
We manage our everyday work and personal lives, communicating perfectly well, thank you, and generally do fine with it. People are flexible, we make requests that are clear enough, things get done. Why would we want to mess with something that’s working?Here are some...
by Lucy Freedman | Aug 29, 2018 | Consultants, Emotional Intelligence, Influence
No matter what we are doing, our results rest on how we do it. Zen teacher Cheri Huber says, “How you do anything is how you do everything.” If we could fathom our own patterns, and the ways they serve and don’t serve us, much of what annoys and...
by Lucy Freedman | Aug 14, 2018 | Consultants, Emotional Intelligence, Influence
Who in today’s world is NOT dealing with overload of stimuli, things to do, information to keep track of, and personal pressures? It’s a challenge for one person, in one body, to keep up. Our mental strategies for coping are not necessarily the most useful. As Cheri...
by Lucy Freedman | May 31, 2018 | Consultants, Emotional Intelligence, Influence
Smart, helpful types (like you and me), are truly interested in what others have to say. We want to understand more than just the surface level, sometimes because we want to empathize, sometimes because we need or want to know more for its own sake. Questioning can...
