Caregiver Support
Don’t throw away your umbrella in a rainstorm
Don’t be the type of person who throws out their umbrella in a rainstorm because they stopped getting wet. And don’t put that type of person in leadership.
Executive and Nonprofit Leadership
Same water, different water. It’s all in the perspective.
It’s all the same water, but go in from one side you’re safe, and go in from the other side you’re in danger. There’s a metaphor in here somewhere.
Communication
The simplest tool for empathetic leadership: Don’t ask why.
“Why” is a way to get answers, but it’s also an accusatory, aggressive question to ask. Empathetic leaders don’t ask why. Here’s why.
Executive and Nonprofit Leadership
The best leaders understand motivation. Push, pull, self-propel, or drift. Yes to all of it.
Leaders need to understand the four basic types of motivation and how they can exploit them all to get their teams moving forward.