Leadership Lesson: In order to remain as honest as possible, save time for all parties involved, and retain one’s integrity, it’s important to let others know when you disagree with them, even when it’s with a silent gesture.
At the U.S. Capitol memorial service for Representative Elijah Cummings, who died last week and who was revered by both sides of the aisle for his leadership…
Leadership Lesson: With others and within ourselves, enhancing our awareness of and openness to a deeper understanding of extreme positions advances progress, so we’re using our time effectively and avoiding outright dismissal of one side or the other.
Things are getting out of control nowadays. Everyone is freaking out. Tensions seem to be running higher and higher.
We all seem to be divided, standing on one side of a…
Leadership Lesson: To be effective and credible, we should seek to balance what it is we support with conveying both that we understand its limitations, and that there are other considerations to be taken into account.
This piece by retired Navy Seal, management consulting firm founder, bestselling author, and burgeoning podcaster Jocko Willink is an…
Leadership Lesson: It’s always important to step in and help others see each other’s points of view, so that everyone can work toward the common goal.
There is so much noise in our environments. Whether this noise is reflected in the inability to communicate, the wrong fashion of communicating, or allowing too much emotion into our communication, nothing moves forward…
In a recent interview on WBUR’s Here and Now, Caitlyn Jenner spoke about her life, covering topics spanning from her early life, to winning Olympic decathlon gold as Bruce Jenner, up into her revelation of her lifelong identification as female. Jenner also covers these topics and more in her new book.
An interesting part of the conversation took place when…
Leadership Lesson: Leadership is nothing without being able to at least see and take into consideration the other side’s stake in and experience with an issue or an environment.
Politics aside, what does it take for you to see the other side of an argument?
Hypothetically, if an issue is brought before our group, how do we understand it as it applies to the…
Leadership Lesson: Merely talking at someone and repeating your own talking points repeatedly does nothing to move the overall message, relationship, and environment forward.
The 2016 U.S. Presidential Election has already gone down as one of the most contentious, divisive, and combative election cycles in United States history.
The term “trickle-down,” aside from being used for economic purposes, could also be used to describe how these antagonistic feelings cascaded…
A face-to-face conversation between Samantha Bee and Glenn Beck. Think about that for a minute.
Beyond that, think of them putting aside their stark differences to come together to the same side.
Imagine these two people — a strong liberal and staunch conservative — coming together, joining forces, to confront a common enemy. Check it out here.
How does this happen? What has…
“Just Sayin’” is a term that’s invaded and taken over conversations as a quick means for the user to note that they are just seemingly pointing something out without wanting to engage in a debate about what’s been pointed out.
Although it’s overused, it serves an interesting purpose in ongoing discourse. It allows us to point out that something is off, amiss,…
On a few occasions I’ve been asked, when friends, colleagues, or other professionals have seen my posts and thereafter read the Services section, how and why CiO’s services include both Leadership Coaching and Mediation. To them, one seemed to be about improving oneself (leadership) while the other had to do with improving the relationship between two parties (mediation). These are fair points considering the traditional idea and…
Politics aside, it’s refreshing to hear requests from our politicians that are more the exception than the regular rule and rigmarole.
Too often we have leaders that push their agendas. And they should do so as that’s what they get elected to do. That’s understood.
“Political posturing–it’s a confusing game of Battleship when it should be a strategic conversation of reasonable requests.”
But they…
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