“You had a soft power about you as you interacted…” “Soft power? Me?” you may ask yourself. Quite honestly, before actively engaging with the concept, I thought I didn’t check…

Sometimes we find ourselves swallowing bile not meant for us because we have to be the bigger person in the room. In some cases you have to face a transgressor…

There are times when we find ourselves trying to figure out or put more empathetically, “ trying to understand” the behavior of some of the people that we interact with.…

Only recently did I establish a connection between the statement above and my experience with the reconstruction of my Cirriculum Vitae (CV). My Consultant made some very bold statements about…

“You are responsible and accountable for this…” This sometimes chilling statement, especially in situations where things have gone wrong, is defining. It is important for actors in organizations to identify…

How you make your entrance and settle down for a physical meeting can influence the first impression you create in the minds of your colleagues, counterparties and so on. Here…

As we build character and reputation for ourselves, there is the risk that the effort may overlook our idiosyncratic fragilities and thresholds that we have towards certain things. We build…

To have a difference in opinion and respect each other for it, is golden. This is an ethic worth living by in the promotion of an environment that promotes candid…

In one of the interactions I always thoroughly enjoy having with a certain colleague because she is so in-depth and insightful, we found ourselves discussing women in leadership and what…

Lately, my car (which is not very young!) has been a little problematic. Driving her has been a challenge but I kept pushing her and somehow thinking that the problem…