Welcome to lifelong learning
Our understanding of the capacity to change as adults has dramatically evolved.
Behavioral, emotional, and neuroscience research are revealing the importance of
positive, strengths-based growth strategies.
Below are our favorite podcasts, articles, and approaches for
personal growth and change.
Coaching Tips
Leadership requires building emotional intelligence - a set of skills that can be learned by becoming students of ourselves.
I loved watching the 2021 inaugural Olympic Surfing competition, and I was curious about the leadership metaphors that sprang to my mind as the surfers paddled out. Here are a few parallels I found interesting.
For much of our early careers, my generation was taught to “armor-up” and be invulnerable - invulnerable to lack of sleep, to workloads, to foregoing personal time, and to revealing too much about our personal lives.
More recently, vulnerability and empathy have become the latest buzzwords of leadership posts. What does leadership vulnerability mean and how does it feel?
What's your advice for people making a shift right now — whether it’s landing a new job or making a career pivot? What's the best advice you've received when it comes to making a job move?
The Science of Adult Development
So many podcasts! Below is a guided list of podcasts focused on how we change and develop.
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“Whether you’re returning to work after raising kids or pivoting into a new industry, it’s totally possible to make a career change in midlife. Leadership coach Cigdem Gencer tells us how.”
“Linguist Deborah Tannen…shows how our conversational styles can cause unintended conflicts, and what we can do to communicate more effectively with the people in our lives.”
“We all think we know what will make us happy: more money. A better job. Love. But psychologist Sonja Lyubomirsky says happiness doesn't necessarily work like that.”
“We all have times when we feel like a fraud. Psychologist Kevin Cokley studies the corrosive effects of self-doubt, and how we can turn that negative voice in our heads into an ally.”
Library - Impactful Books and Articles for Leadership
Below is a guided list of articles and books that are particularly impactful.
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Different teams and situations may require different leadership styles. Which do you have in your leadership toolkit? Are you using them to match the circumstances?
Dr. Marshall Rosenberg’s ground-breaking work Nonviolent Communication. How to communicate with empathy, clarity, and honesty to collaborate effectively and resolve conflict.
Clear, easy read that clarifies the key questions to ask as a manager, rather than writing a story about the situation.