Disrupt Their Narrative

Disrupt Their Narrative

Combatting Confirmation Bias Have You Thought About…? A coaching client of mine is working on being more open-minded to others’ ideas. His manager knows this is his goal. Although my client believes he is making good progress, his manager seems laser-focused on...
How to Get Past Your Own Reality Filter

How to Get Past Your Own Reality Filter

Climb Down Your Ladder In my prior blog Reality is Like a Zoom Meeting, I shared the idea that reality is subjective. Surprise! Each of us processes situations through the filters of our own experiences and conditioning. This means others don’t always see what...
Reality is Like a Zoom Meeting

Reality is Like a Zoom Meeting

Your Box isn’t My Box You may be familiar with the line from the movie Forrest Gump, “life is like a box of chocolates – you never know what you’re going to get.” But what about “reality is like a Zoom meeting”? A teacher of mine surprised me one day...
How to Speak Up When It’s Not Easy

How to Speak Up When It’s Not Easy

Your Voice is Important A number of my recent coaching clients are working on making their voices heard. They’ve received feedback that it’s important for their careers to speak up in group settings. Maybe you can relate to this personally or know somebody who would....
Changing the Unchangeable

Changing the Unchangeable

What if We’re NOT Hard-Wired? How often have you heard others (or yourself) say, “that’s just the way I am” or “I’m just wired that way”? These phrases point to an underlying belief that we are hard-wired, and we commonly use them to rationalize our resistance to...
You’ve Had Diversity Training. Now What?

You’ve Had Diversity Training. Now What?

From Awareness to Action through Self-Coaching Odds are your organization has sponsored one or more iterations of “diversity training.” It’s a sensitive topic and the impact of the training is often unclear. In many cases, participants are left uncertain how to turn...