Weekly Reports

LEADERS OFTEN AVOID DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS WITH EMPLOYEES, instead complaining and blaming others for their discomfort. Beyond normal personality trait to simply avoid conflict, this also stems from the fact that such avoidance is socially acceptable, and that talking about uncomfortable... Continue

SOME 100 MILLION AMERICANS COMPLAIN ABOUT NOT GETTING A ‘GOOD NIGHT’S SLEEP’ (according to Dep’t of Labor surveys), especially about trouble falling back and staying asleep after middle-of-night waking, aka ‘onset’ & ‘maintenance’ insomnia. Since sleep cycles are around 90-minutes,... Continue

THE COMMAND-AND-CONTROL MODEL OF EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP – “and the notion that one is lucky to have a job at all” – is history. In today’s world, it’s about motivation and inspiration which is demonstrated by empathy with expectations of job... Continue

DIALOGUE IN DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS (with partners/ employees/ family members/ friends) often ‘hits-a-brick-wall’ due to: (1) Absence of clarity in motive – especially “caring more about looking good than finding solutions; and/or (2) Either/OrThinking that  there’s only one solution to a... Continue

THE ONGOING BARRAGE OF MEDIA REPORTING THAT AMERICA IS “ON THE BRINK OF CIVIL WAR – hopelessly divided with irreconcilable worldviews, disagreeing on principles, core convictions, policy choices, and pure matters of ‘fact’ – is vastly overstated.” Our society have... Continue