Posts Tagged ‘blind spots’
“The Emperor’s New Clothes” and the Need for Feedback
It’s easy to laugh at the story of the Emperor’s New Clothes and at how ridiculously the characters behaved, but I believe that we live out this story every single day.
Read MoreLeaning Into Healthy Conflict: A Refresher
This post was first published on the Leading by DESIGN blog on June 27, 2016. In this post I will answer some questions that have come up from time to time about the model we use for engaging conflict. Do you remember the model? It’s six simple-to-understand-but-hard-to-do steps: Share your perspective—hopefully in thirty seconds or less Seek to understand…
Read MoreI Believe I Can Fly
How malleable are our beliefs? Two weeks ago Jeff posted on emotional maturity. In that post, he mentioned psychologist Albert Ellis’s ABCs of emotions: There is an Activating event, which we filter through our Belief system to produce an emotional Consequence. Right away I knew I wanted to write a follow-up post to Jeff’s article on how to shape our…
Read MoreLeaning Into Healthy Conflict: A Refresher
(This post is written for alumni of LEAD 365, although all are welcome to read it.) In this post I will answer some questions that have come up from time to time about the model we use for engaging conflict. Do you remember the model? It’s six simple-to-understand-but-hard-to-do steps: Share your perspective—hopefully in thirty seconds or less Seek…
Read More“The Emperor’s New Clothes” and the Need for Feedback
It’s easy to laugh at the story of the Emperor’s New Clothes and at how ridiculously the characters behaved, but I believe that we live out this story every single day.
Read More