conflict

How (and Why) Conflicting Goals Is a Good Thing

In recent years, best-selling books like Essentialism and The One Thing have suggested focusing on one goal at a time to powerfully achieve your goals—one by one. Their ethos has been life-changing for many people, including me. For example, I relied on this way of working to write and launch my book, Optimal Outcomes. From […]

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One Leadership Lesson from the U.S. Inauguration

Dear friends, I hope this finds you healthy, safe and well. Below (from my column in Psychology Today) is one leadership lesson I’ve gleaned from the days leading up to this week’s historic U.S. Inauguration, and three ways organizational leaders can implement it. One Leadership Lesson from the U.S. Inauguration The most important contributors to

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How to Avoid the Swirl in Any Organization

Swirl: noun / whirling confusion As we approach the end of the year, scrambling to get work done before the holidays—while working remotely in the midst of a pandemic—may cause more swirl than usual. While it might be hard to define exactly what swirl is, you know it when you see it. You’re trying to

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Why is Conflict More Magnetic During the Holidays?

“…the human propensity to have arguments always fills the available space…” – Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks These days, many leaders are struggling with lack of focus at work. The day-to-day needs of family and children can be overwhelming. The impacts of the global health and economic crises, political polarization, global degradation, and racial injustice are

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Watch the TEDx Talk: Free Yourself When Conflict Resolution Fails

Dear friends, The 8-minute TEDx Talk I gave a few weeks ago has just been released: Free Yourself When Conflict Resolution Fails I tell the story of how I freed myself from a deeply personal conflict with my mom using 3 of the practices I’ve taught Columbia students and senior organizational leaders for a decade,

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The best, hard, surprising and rewarding parts of giving a TEDx talk

Dear friends, Thank you so much to many of you who have asked, “How’d the TEDx talk go?” and “When can I see the video? I’ve searched and I can’t find it online!” I’m grateful for your interest, and I’ve done my best to answer below… How’d the TEDx talk go? It was an amazing

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