The Coach Initiative works with not-for-profits worldwide providing pro-bono coaching programmes for their leaders. The Coach Initiative draw from a bank of experienced, credentialed coaches matching them carefully with each leader. This particular assignment for me...
Slow-cooking; slow radio – how to have all the clock time you need? We currently live in a ‘microwave-society’ with instant news, instant messages, instant sharing, fast food, fast track, fast lane, the famous rush hour. We expect the now. We want to get everywhere...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - When Diane Leonard checked in to a conference the other day, the routine was familiar: Watching keynote speakers, interacting with other attendees, bumping into friends. One key difference: The grant writer was at home in Clayton, New York, with...
What to Do When the Future Feels Hopeless ARTHUR C. BROOKS SEPTEMBER 24, 2020 Humans like to feel optimistic about and in control of where their life is headed. The pandemic has made it very hard to feel that way. You live in the future. So do I. We all do. It’s human...
"Most likely, your future is ... brighter than what you may think at your darkest moments," writes Arthur C. Brooks in The Atlantic. "So dispute your pessimism not with mindless optimism, but with facts. Build a solid case for something other than the worst-case...
Erika James Dean at The Wharton School https://www.linkedin.com/feed/news/idea-of-the-day-embracing-swift-trust-4250081/ September 28 marked the end of my proverbial “First 90 Days” as The Wharton School dean – a Zoom-filled first 90 days like no other. I took time to...
Procrastination strikes everyone, and once it gets a hold of you, it can be very difficult to shake it off. When you imagine a highly productive person, you likely think of someone who focuses effortlessly on the job and never succumbs to procrastination. You know,...
Being a better ally is one way in which white employees can take a stand against racism in the workplace. Allies are people who are not members of an underrepresented group, but who provide support to those who are discriminated against, University of London’s Andre...
My personal experience — and the prevailing wisdom of management and psychology research — is that meetings default to patterns like these: Whoever speaks first is likely to set the direction of the conversation. The higher-power, more extroverted,...