25% of your time.
Research shows that if you are a manager that's how much of your time is spent resolving staff disputes and miscommunication. Additionally, many of the conflicts that are settled do not reach the underlying emotions that, left unresolved, only emerge later to create new problems in other areas.
These negative approaches to conflict can and do generate a set of attitudes or a culture that is defensive, perceived as biased, and unable see its conflicts as opportunities for
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The Friendship Plate
During the holidays when I attend a gathering, I like to express my appreciation to the host or hostess. As a gift, I use a plate or bowl filled with homemade bread, cookies, or other treats. I have a supply of bowls or vintage plates that I pick up from various shops.
On the bottom of the bowl or plate, I write in permanent marker “Friendship Plate/Bowl” adding my name. I attach a note for the recipient that reads, “This is a Friendship Plate/Bowl. Write your name in permanent marker, fill
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Ways to Build Trust in the Workplace
Trust is often talked about as the foundation of a company’s success. Most teams think about trust in terms of customers but trust within the organization is equally important.
As you grow an organization, your employees must believe in one another. When they don’t, performance suffers.
How do you build trust?
In order to build trust in the workplace, there is the typical advice to be transparent, truthful, and have integrity. It is important advice. It’s also critical to understand that
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It’s Not All In Your Head, Or Is It? Gratitude Changes Your Brain
Giving thanks is an interesting practice. In some parts of the world, a person who gets access to clean drinking water and second-hand clothes can be very grateful. Someone else who has every necessity in life can be found complaining about something they don’t have.
Many people look toward external factors to give them happiness only to discover that happiness is an inside job. It’s the inner game that shifts the outer game. When our clients consistently practice their gratitude systems,
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Every. Single. Day. For 24 Years.
Consistency creates trust and people do business with people they know, like, and trust. Lisa Mininni
I often mentor my clients about creating consistency in their marketing and other areas of their life so create a life they love, not one lived by default. However, Jean Kay, Canadian Poet and author of Thanksgiving Poetry to Inspire, took consistency to another level. Jean Kay wrote a poem every day for 24 years.
Every. Single. Day.
I met Jean Kay through an international organization
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