How Fearless Leaders handle layoffs

FEARLESS LEADER, This is the hardest thing you’ll have to do.   “When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.” — HARUKI MURAKAMI   In 2008, right at the tail end of the recession, after it seemed that all the layoffs…

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Case Study: Re-Wiring Communication and Getting Back to Work

A conversation with RB – Vice President, consumer reporting agency, Seattle “I wasn’t sure I wanted to do this job anymore.”   RB had two decades of experience at a Seattle consumer reporting agency when she was tapped to be Vice President and General Manager. She’d already noticed some communication problems with the leadership team,…

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Anger is the messenger.

FEARLESS LEADER, What is your instinct when you face anger or other high emotions within yourselfor from a colleague or client? “Certainly I’m angry…But I don’t think it’s a helpless emotion.”— SHERMAN ALEXIE, author   About anger (and other high emotions) I’ll never forget the first real mediation session I observed during my training. As…

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Do you know? How will you find out?

FEARLESS LEADER, Time for a quick Gut Check. “Pay attention… and make what you think you know be strange to you.” — KIRK VARNEDOE, curator COVID Crisis Working Remotely Initiating Re-Entry Facing Economic Uncertainty Confronting Systemic Injustice   Fearless Leaders know that each of these will continue to challenge your business, your processes, your relationships, and…

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Are you still, listening?

FEARLESS LEADER, How can you tell when someone is really listening? How do you show that you are listening?   “It’s enough for me to be sure that you and I exist at this moment.”  — GABRIEL GARCÍA MARQUEZ   One step we often skip over in the midst of a difficult conversation, is acknowledgment. This serves…

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Fearless Leaders’ Executive Forum – June 18

  Wow. You thought launching your business into remote operation was rough. Wait ‘til you experience Re-Entry. Join Executive Coach and mediator Nora Ludviksen of The Table Mediation for the hard-hitting leadership crash course every Fearless Leader needs right now. In the past two webinars I provided re-entry guidance for Me as a Leader and…

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Sticking with it.

FEARLESS LEADER, What if your responsibility as a leader is first to listen? To learn?   “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” — JAMES BALDWIN   Rather than moving on to another key this week, let’s stick with this one: Listening. Last week, Fearless Leaders…

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Restorative Circle for Dancers

Through the generosity of Dance Fremont in Seattle, I facilitate a weekly Restorative Circle for Dancers. This is a lightly structured gathering for adult and professional dancers to find support and connection. There is no cost to attend. I would love to see you this Saturday in the Circle. Each week it’s a place to…

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