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September 2nd, 2010
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 Many of you may know that Jon Gosselin is in our “Total Leadership Connections” program and he, along with the other participants is peeling away the encrusted layers of old hurts, old betrayal, and old beliefs.
The process of becoming a leader is a rigorous one. He has had to face his demons and slay a few dragons on the way to self-awareness. This has been made more complex every time there is another gossipy tidbit on sites such as Radar-Online.
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Tags: Avoider, Gossip, Hailey Glassman, Jon Gosselin, Patterns, Radar Online, Self Awareness, TLC, Total Leadership Connections
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August 30th, 2010
In the past few weeks I have been pruning my own inner garden. Sadly, there were weeds taking over the beauty of the flowers. Some of my weeds had to do with patterns I wanted to deny, like being a denier. And it has gotten in the way of my best judgment. I felt like the shoemaker without any shoes and I must admit I have been beating myself up, until an old friend said, “Well, remember, we always teach what we need most to learn!” Guess I forget that too!
The following article about judgment is excellent. Take the time to read along with my response. In the meantime I am checking every moment, every conversation to make sure I am not denying the truth that sites at the heart each and every conversation.
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Tags: Judgment, LinkedIn, Workplace conflict
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August 27th, 2010
 Storytelling
We all know that the best way to get a point across it through a story and real, honest emotions. I have been getting lots of questions about the book that Jon Gosselin and I are writing together.
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Tags: Book, Family, Jon Gosselin, Leadership, Life Lessons
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August 24th, 2010
Sometimes the pattern of pleaser gets more play than what is healthy and appropriate. This whole mosque issue is about much more than freedom of speech. It is about dignity, honoring, each other and real deep down sensitivity.
Those who resonate with the pleaser pattern, that manner of being where to be liked, accepted, maybe in the “in crowd” means always saying “yes” to what is presented is the blind side of discrimination.
No, I don’t mean discrimination as in the black-white issue, or the Israeli-Palestinian issue, I mean in the ability to discriminate between what is really healthy and appropriate and what is just going along to make it easy.
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Tags: American Public, Communication, dialogue, Mosque Controversy, Understanding, Washington Post
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August 23rd, 2010
 Stress O Meter Stress and change are the most intimate of bedfellows. They feed on each other and can make days dark and depressing or exhilarating and enticing. We get to choose. But before we can choose, we need to peel back the layers and understand why change is such a complex force and how simple responses with one word can make all the difference..
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Tags: Change, Communication, No, Pleaser, Stress, Stress o Meter, Understanding, Yes
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August 18th, 2010
 Winning Workplace Just arrived back from California and felt so proud and honored to be with the folks who are at “control central” at CEO. Everyone is busy buzzing along with tasks and projects and a piece that is in short supply in most companies, fun.
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Tags: CEO, Conflict Resolution Skills, Leadership, Workplace conflict, Workplace Relationships
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August 16th, 2010
Last week was a time of seeing the USA from a U-haul truck as my husband Herb and I took a fun road trip from Santa Fe, New Mexico to Petaluma, California. Two days of driving gave us lots of uninterrupted time to think about our work, our relationship, our lives.
 Leaving New Mexico where we have lived for the past eighteen years and going further west was a conscious choice to bring our “Total Leadership Connections” and “PatternAware Programs” to the west coast now that air travel is not so much fun. So, look for these as well as an innovative series for women to start in the Bay Area beginning in next year.
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Tags: AAA, Avoider, Behavior, Communication, Conflict resolution, Leadership Program, Mojave Desert, PatternAware, Patterns, Relationships, Total Leadership Connections, Whole Foods
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August 9th, 2010
 If we as humans are feeling the stress of a world often seeming to be out of control how does this impact the animals in our environment? Have any of you noticed that dogs seem more barky than usual? Or that animals in the wild, like the bear that killed and hurt people in Yellowstone several weeks ago are attacking without provocation?
I overheard two colleagues in the midst of an heated discussion in a large corporation corridor. One said to the other “You are acting like my pain in the rump German Sheppard. He won’t stop barking unless he is eating something, or someone.”
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Tags: Behavior, Communication Skills, Dog Days, Leaders, Leadership, Strategies, Stress
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August 6th, 2010
Tuesday, I talked about my client who admitted to being an avoider. He was able to sense a connection with his trusted employee Darrell leaking information and the fact that this man was in a distraught state in his personal life.
 So, my client decided to take Darrell for a coffee break and just find out what was going on. He was still upset that Darrell was mouthing off about a new product before it was time to let the proverbial cat out of the bag.
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Tags: Avoider, Communication, Communication Skills, Conflict, Conflict Resolution Skills, Listening, Resolution
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August 5th, 2010
 Workers Happy
It is really time to drill down into the essence of the mystical, magical world of happiness. It is not static, it is a process. Yet, we ask ourselves or each other if we are happy. The question itself is limiting. Have you ever seen anyone who is happy all the time? You would probably think of that person as a moron. It is the shades of light and dark that make life interesting. Let me know what you think of the following article.
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Tags: BNET, Co-Workers, Communication, Happiness, Happy, Pleasant Workplace, Workers Happy
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