As I write this entry, it is about nine hours after the Toronto Blue Jays lost to the LA Dodgers in the 11th inning of seventh game of the World Series.
I’m a Blue Jays fan. Not a hop on the bandwagon, start-paying-attention-in-October fan, but a watch most games and know every player’s name by their faces fan — have been for years. Many a sweater has been knit cheering on these boys.
Continue reading “Go Jays, Even Today”In this second instalment in our series on “pieces my readers should read,” I’m turning my attention to trust. If you’ve ever tried to function well in a low-trust environment, at work or at home, then you know how critical trust is to our optimal performance. It’s said that trust takes years to build and seconds to break—but here are some recent resources that might help accelerate that building process:
Continue reading “Curated Content on Building Trust”Have you ever been asked to “trust the process?”
It’s something I’ve invited groups or coaching clients to do, out loud and far more frequently in my head.
Why? Because the process of strategy building or navigating transitions can become fuzzier before it gets clearer, and if you give up on it too soon, you might be doing so just before the fog clears.
Continue reading “Trust the Process”In the work I do with non-profits, a great deal of what gets done happens through collaboration. And truly impactful collaboration requires a great deal of trust. Often, that trust is extended as a leap of faith out of commitment to the desired impact more than as a result of past history of working successfully together.
Continue reading “Trust Exemplified”Trust is widely understood as a necessary ingredient for effective leadership and collaboration. But it’s another word we tend to be sloppy about.
Trust requires more than having integrity — or “being trustworthy.” It also requires actually being trusted.
Continue reading “Trust”