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Archive for the ‘Politics’ Category
Friday, June 18th, 2010
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In “Don’t Bring It to Work” I discuss the 13 behavior patterns that follow us from our original organization, the family into our work organization.
The BIG, I mean BIG question is “Why do we keep doing the same things over and over and over and over and over“?
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Tags: Avoider, Denier, Don't Bring It to Work, Family, Jon Stewart, Leaders, Observe, Organization, OUT Techinque, Pattern Spill, Patterns, Pleaser, Procrastinator, Transform, Understand, Workplace
Posted in Accountability, Avoider, Behavorial Patterns, Boss, Business, Collaboration, Communication, Conflict, Conflict resolution, Creative Energy Options, Economy, Education, Environment, Ethics, Executive Coaching, Executive Education, Executive Teams, Family, History, Innovative, Integrity, Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Development Programs, Media, PatternAware, Patterns, Politics, Splitter, Super Achiever, The media, Total Leadership Connections, Transformation, Trust, Truth, Victim, Workplace Relationships | No Comments »
Friday, January 8th, 2010
 As I was writing my Elegant Leadership blog about the poor choice of language from Michael Steele, of the Republican Party, I was reminded of a powerful scenario from a Leadership in Action program I led years ago.
There was a group of 24 business people from various organizations who gathered together for a week to understand leadership capabilities from an experiential perspective.
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Tags: Accountability, Behavioral Patterns, Coaching, Communication, Conflict, Cultural sensitivity, Diversity, Economy, Education, Family-Based Patterns, Fear, Health, History, Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Leaders, Native American, Native American Indian, neuropsychology, Neuroscience, pattern aware, Politics, Power, Psychology, Relationships, Resilience, Sankofa, Transformation
Posted in Accountability, Conflict, Consulting, Cultural Diversity, Diversity, Economy, Education, Ethics, Fear, Health, History, Honor, Human Resources, Integrity, Leaders, Leadership, PatternAware, Patterns, Politics, Power, Psychology, Uncategorized | 28 Comments »
Thursday, January 7th, 2010
 We can thank Tiger Woods, John Edwards, and all the other guys who have been looking for love in all the wrong places. Or, have they?
Relationships are the most complex, most confusing, and most important part of what it means to be a human being. I am hoping that we have finally hit the wall looking at relationships through a superficial, selfish lens. Perhaps we can begin to look at what really matters in this interesting teen-decade of the century.
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Tags: behavior patterns, Behavioral Patterns, Communication, Family-Based Patterns, Infedility, Interactions, Relationships, Sankofa, Transformation
Posted in Accountability, Communication, Conflict, Consulting, Ethics, Integrity, Marital coachiing, Neuroscience, PatternAware, Patterns, Politics, Power, Psychology, Reflections, default | 40 Comments »
Thursday, December 31st, 2009
I am so delighted to introduce you to my new blog “Elegant Leadership” that will be posted at http://blog.ceoptions.com/ after the New Year. Since I love to write I will have a more personal blog at www.sylvialafair.com to include thoughts and ideas about relationships, health, and education, as well as business.
Elegant Leadership will include all my newest research concerning leadership. I will suggest the best books, articles, and unique individuals I can find to help you on the difficult daily journey of being the best leader you can be.
Why did I choose the title “elegant leadership”? I honestly think it chose me. I woke up with the term, like a drum beat, repeating over and over in my head. Maybe I had a dream about it, not sure. All I know is, I love the word “elegant” as it is used in scientific realms. In nature elegant signifies finding the simplest and most precise way of responding.
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Tags: Accountability, Behavioral Patterns, Book, Family-Based Patterns, Fear, Health, History, Leaders, Leadership, leadership programs, Management, Media, Money, neuropsychology, Neuroscience, Politics, Power, Psychology, Relationships, Resilience, Stress, Super Achiever, Team Building
Posted in Accountability, Boss, Business, Coaching, Collaboration, Communication, Conflict, Consulting, Diversity, Economy, Ethics, Executive Teams, Fear, Health, History, Holiday, Honor, Human Resources, Integrity, Leaders, Leadership, Management, Marital coaching, Media, Money, Neuroscience, PatternAware, Politics, Power, Psychology, Reflections, Super Achiever, Team Building, The media, Uncategorized, Workplace Relationships | 7 Comments »
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
Yesterday I wrote about a husband and wife who are economists stationed in Afghanistan. Somehow, that set up a stream of connections about the world structure from an economic perspective. The next night, still in London, there was a CNBC show called “House of Cards” about the failures of Wall Street and the mortgage mess. It grabbed my attention.
While riding the Tube, eating fish and chips, window shopping, meeting with clients, talking with friends, my mind had a strong background song repeating and repeating about power, evil and possibilities (or the lack of them!).
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Tags: Business, Economy, Ethics, Executive Teams, leadership programs, Politics
Posted in Business, Conflict, Economy, Ethics, Executive Teams, Leadership, Patterns, Politics | 8 Comments »
Monday, October 5th, 2009
 I am one who tracks patterns rather than tornadoes. Actually they are not that different. One is a force of nature that can be traced and has many attributes that are predictable. It can be called the perfect storm. Behavior patterns also can be traced and if one looks closely there are predictable aspects that also cause perfect storms.
Recently I was talking with a colleague about how bad behavior at work seems to be coming to the surface faster and faster. We were looking at the super achiever pattern and how so many folks who need to be front and center are willing to step on or over anyone to get to the top. He mentioned a colleague who was,” like a tornado” and left lots of destruction in his path.
Until recently this guy was like the typical “teflon man” who got away with his “behind the scenes maneuvering”. Then others began to track his behavior and it became obvious that he would create a swirling storm upending relationships and careers and he was the only one who seemed able to stand steady with no collateral damage. That is, until now.
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Tags: Accountability, Behavioral Patterns, Business, Communication, Conflict, David Letterman, Ethics, Family-Based Patterns, Fear, John Edwards, Leaders, Leadership, leadership programs, Media, pattern aware, Patterns, Resilience, Stress, Tornado, Transformation
Posted in Accountability, Communication, Conflict, Ethics, Fear, Honor, Integrity, Leaders, Leadership, Media, PatternAware, Patterns, Politics, Power, Super Achiever, Transformation | No Comments »
Thursday, July 30th, 2009
Denial, as the joke goes, is more than a river in Egypt. It is something we all do on occasion when what confronts us is too hard to fathom. So, we say, “No, this isn’t happening”. Has to be a dream…mistake….joke…. And then, we pull ourselves up and do what we have to do, most of the time, some of the time.
Except deniers! They refuse to heed warnings and will do what they have always done the way they have always done it. Ever wonder why? Ever hear the expression “Better safe than sorry”? That is the mantra for the denier. Usually there was a trauma that happened in the family that went underground, too painful to discuss and the youngster learned that the best way to handle anxiety, stress, and pain is simply to ignore it, pretend it away.
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Tags: Accountability, Behavioral Patterns, Bob Woodward, Business, Coaching, Collaboration, Communication, Conflict, Deniers, Education, family patterns, Family-Based Patterns, Fear, George W. Bush, Leadership, leadership programs, Management, pattern aware, Patterns, Politics, Power, programs, Stress, Transformation
Posted in Accountability, Coaching, Collaboration, Communication, Conflict, Consulting, Education, Employers, Fear, History, Honor, Integrity, Leaders, Leadership, Management, PatternAware, Patterns, Politics, Power, Psychology, Reflections, Transformation | No Comments »
Monday, July 27th, 2009
Tags: Accountability, Behavioral Patterns, Coaching, Communication, Conflict, Education, Ethics, family patterns, Family-Based Patterns, Fear, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Leaders, Leadership, leadership programs, pattern aware, Patterns, Politics, Power, programs, Psychology, Sankofa, Sgt. James Crowley, Stress
Posted in Accountability, Coaching, Collaboration, Communication, Conflict, Diversity, Education, Ethics, Fear, Honor, Integrity, Leaders, Leadership, Management, Media, Neuroscience, PatternAware, Patterns, Politics, Power, Psychology, The media, Transformation | No Comments »
Monday, July 6th, 2009
There is a very interesting article in the Washington Post about Mark Sanford regarding moral principles and leadership that really made me think and here is my response:
Are we asking the right questions? At this time it needs to be more than “Did Sanford stray”? It is important to look beyond one incident and address long term behavior patterns to find what a person is really made of.
In Sanford’s case he responded to his many incidents of infidelity as an avoider. His eyes were roving for many years and he could not find the courage to straight talk with his wife. They have a long road to travel and that is their personal issue.
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Tags: Accountability, Behavioral Patterns, Business, Communication, Conflict, Economy, Ethics, family patterns, Family-Based Patterns, Governor Sanford, Leadership, leadership programs, Media, pattern aware, Politics, Transformation
Posted in Accountability, Business, Communication, Conflict, Economy, Ethics, Fear, Integrity, Leaders, Leadership, Media, PatternAware, Patterns, Politics, Power, The media, Transformation | No Comments »
Monday, June 29th, 2009
How many more “family values” based politicians will make the news about affairs this season? It is interesting that the latest, Governor Sanford had his press “mea culpa” conference sans wife by his side. He needs to do this alone and it will be interesting to see what he can learn from his philandering.
The news around him is familiar. The talk shows have experts tell why he did what he did and what he should now do differently. Experts who write about narcissism call him a narcissist. Experts who don’t believe in divorce talk about the devastation for the children. Experts who focus on politics dissect his career possibilities.
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Tags: Accountability, Business, Communication, Conflict, Diversity, Ethics, Governor Sanford, Leadership, leadership programs, Management, Media, Patterns, Politics, Stress, Transformation
Posted in Accountability, Business, Communication, Conflict, Economy, Ethics, Executive Teams, Honor, Integrity, Leaders, Leadership, Management, Media, Patterns, Politics, Power, Reflections, Transformation | No Comments »
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