fullfathomfifty: soundings in leadership
A Manager’s Tool Kit: A 10-Part Series to Equip Yourself, Your Team & Your Organization
We’ve pondered extensively and expansively about the nature of management and leadership: What is it? How do you measure it? How do you foster it? What do the managers we know need most? And thus, The Manager’s Tool Kit came into being.
After much testing and refinement we decided it was high time to put our thoughts to paper and invite you into our ongoing conversations.
Notice Everything
Halfway There This last week we enjoyed a bursting strawberry moon on the summer solstice. We’re halfway through the Earth’s orbit and the calendar year. It’s also the sixth month mark in my year’s commitment to daily meditations.
microlearning
As adults we become more self-directed in how we learn. It needs to be relevant, experiential and customized, to cite a few adult learning principles.
micromotion
Thanks to the support of Headspace, I remain on track with my resolution to meditate for 15 minutes every day this year. Through the “meditation buddy” feature I can see that some of you have a longer streak going than I do!
micromeditation
Ever feel like your brain is a small furry creature furiously gathering acorns and then promptly forgetting where the last batch was stored?
micromoments
Thanks to technology, we’re able to maximize every moment, filling the time between meetings, deadlines and errands with a text, a tweet or a YouTube video. But maybe we’re missing something here. Perhaps those in-between moments matter more than we realize.
It's a Jungle Out There!
I do think and talk a lot about clarity and intentionality with my executive coaching clients. What I haven’t spent much time exploring—at least out loud—is the tangled and often bewildering process of getting to that desired state of lucidity.
Presto! Team Performance Revealed
In the world of leadership development, models replicate like rabbits. A new management technique, tool or tactic comes bouncing along every few months. I've certainly been guilty of chasing a theory until another one captures my attention.
Intuition Unlocked
Do you ever wonder why you just know which sandwich you want to order, or what clothing to choose, or who you would like to see this weekend?
Reflections on a Year: Our Top Five Posts on Wisdom and Excellence
When we launched our blog a year ago, we set out to share observations while offering tools for the daily work and perspectives on the bigger picture. Topics ranged from executive coaching and excellence to mindfulness and strategic capacity.
Juggling: A Second Act
My last post on work-life balance, The Juggling Act, resulted in more responses from you, Dear Readers, than any prior blog. That seems a good indicator that I should write about the topic again, this round sharing your insights.
The Juggling Act
The stars and stripes in our small town Memorial Day Parade got me thinking about how the Declaration of Independence articulates our right to pursue happiness, but there’s no guarantee we’ll ever achieve it.
The Superpower of Observation
In the field of quantum physics there is a hypothetical experiment involving a cat-in-a-box. Also at play are the theories of entanglement and superposition, which would require more than this blog or my liberal arts brain to properly explain.
The Nose Knows
This might surprise anyone who knows me well. I am currently enrolled in a stand-up comedy class. Don’t laugh.
Confessions of a Chess Mom
Over the last year I have become an avid proponent of chess through watching my son play on his middle school chess team. The benefits of chess are multi-fold.
The Last Time for the First Time
When is the last time you did something for the first time? A month ago I was certified as an indoor group cycling instructor at our local Y.
The Attention Span of Trees
I’ve been noticing trees. Perhaps because it’s early winter and the trees stand tall and naked against the contours of the land.
Fitness Rules
We all know that regular exercise is good for us. We can hear the muffled voice of an adult in the Peanuts comic strip telling us so.
Limits Ltd.
Recently I’ve come up against some hard limits—and I’m a little bruised for it. I’ve been training for a half ironman this fall.