When It Comes to Conflict – Be Like Water

When It Comes to Conflict – Be Like Water

“Be like water. Adjust to the object and you will find your way around or through it. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves. Be like water, my friend.”  – Bruce Lee I am a HUGE Bruce Lee fan, but when I first read this 25...
They Hear What You’re Putting Down

They Hear What You’re Putting Down

Feedback vs. Criticism, lines crossed   It is a cry I have heard far too often over the last couple of years. “It is difficult to manage millennials, they hear feedback as criticism and are always taking everything personally.” What’s interesting about this to me...
Thou Doth Protest Too Much

Thou Doth Protest Too Much

What to do when you are the one causing conflict. I remember working in a school where the principal was essentially a very nice person. She was kind in words, listened to her staff complaints and said all of the right things when engaged in a difficult conversation....
To Be or Not To Be Empathetic

To Be or Not To Be Empathetic

Four Things To Consider   I was having a tough day processing yet another loss of a very close loved one, we’ve had seven in the last two years. A good friend reached out to say he knew how close I was to this person and he was sorry for my loss. I really...