Ahh-Yes! A high performer or a blocker?
Invaluable, excellent at his craft, likable, fantastic with customers – the team leans on him. Yet is he a high performer? Or, is he a ‘blocker’? When a ‘blocker’ leaves an organization the initial response is often ‘oh no’ because on the surface they seem...Book Review – Humble Inquiry By Edgar Schein
When a choice is between you or me, look for way to explore us – the relationship itself. Asking questions is an important part of my Spiral Impact® methodology. I find Schein spirals in and elaborates about questions in deep ways. He points out that we live in...
Who Carries the Weight?
Strength and talent grow with the weight of responsibility just like holding this heavy rock. What happens when you take on the weight of another’s responsibility or things not aligned with your intent? As I work with leaders and teams, this is an important and easy...Book Review – Mastery by George Leonard
“Mastery is not perfection, but rather a journey and the true master must be willing to try and fail and try again.” George Leonard Thirty years on my bookshelf have caused the pages to yellow a bit, but the message for the most part still shines brightly for me. I...
Is your team a bramble or a…?
Teams are like a woods. A healthy woods (team) has a variety of species who grow in their strength; the environment encourages their growth and contribution. Even in the winter, as I clear the entanglement of honeysuckle from my woods, I see such parallels to the...
Karen Valencic
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