An organization’s ability to create new solutions is directly related to the health of their Anxiety Management System. Unfortunately, most organizations don’t know they have such a system and can’t diagnose how to change it. The other day, a friend asked me “What...
In a previous post, Emotionally Reactive Leadership, I discussed how arbitrary, knee jerk, and heel digging decisions are a manifestation of emotional reactivity (ER). While it is easy to identify leaders who habitually use ER as a basis of making decisions, it is...
In an earlier previous post, called Decision Making Process, I compared leadership that stems from emotional reactivity (ER) to leadership based on a person’s level of differentiation of self. I would like to spend this week exploring how ER negatively influences a...
When life is calm and things are working, almost anybody can pass themselves off as a good leader. The true essense of a leader shows up when a crisis hits. In the past 3 months, we have seen a wide gamut of leadership abilities as the country faced the virus pandemic...
For the past 50 days, I’ve listened to a lot of people discuss the personal impact of the nationwide lock down. I continue to hear similar themes in the conversations. People are expressing their anxiety, fear, and hopelessness. This growing trend is important to...
