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Communicating

Time to Move

Next week, I plan (okay—hope) to move this newsletter blog to Substack. It should be simple… but let’s be honest. We’re talking […]

sallyjfoxMay 15, 20252 min read
Change, Communicating

In Case of Catastrophe—Calm

  When the news bombards us with calamity after calamity, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed,  our minds caught in a never-ending spin […]

sallyjfoxFebruary 13, 20254 min read
Communicating

The Future Needs Us to Go Deeper

Einstein once observed that our problems can’t be solved at the same level of thinking that created them. My take? To address […]

sallyjfoxJanuary 1, 20254 min read
Communicating

The Power of Kindness (First lessons from recovery)

I’m five weeks into my recovery from hip replacement surgery, and things are going well. By well, I also mean SLOWLY. It […]

sallyjfoxSeptember 26, 20244 min read
Communicating

Time to shout “no” to misogyny

I wish it were easy to just say no to a force that has been weighing us down for centuries—affecting our bodies […]

sallyjfoxJuly 25, 20242 min read
Communicating, Uncategorized

Have you taken the AI challenge

(Hint: It helps to be human) The rapid advance of AI technology feels dizzying, exciting, and terrifying. New technology is outpacing our […]

sallyjfoxMay 16, 20244 min read
Change, Communicating

A Gift from an Unusual Source

What if you could strengthen the qualities you need by feeling your connections with friends who have died? I know this may sound […]

sallyjfoxMay 9, 20243 min read
Communicating

What to say (or not say) to a friend who is dying

Thanks for reading—it’s not easy to think about losing a friend, let alone what to say.  I’m not thinking today about the […]

sallyjfoxFebruary 28, 20244 min read
Communicating

All You Need is Love (but skip the roses)

I’m writing this on the National Day of Loving, aka Show-People-You-Love-Them-By-Spending-Money-on-Them Day, aka Valentine’s Day. How did we get started with this […]

sallyjfoxFebruary 15, 20242 min read
Communicating

Blessing the glad and the sad

Thanksgiving in the US is almost here, the day we sit around the table, hopefully with family and friends, and share with […]

sallyjfoxNovember 16, 20233 min read
Change, Communicating

Beyond Barbie (What would you say in your speech?)

When I was eight, the girls in my neighborhood loved playing with dolls. I didn’t. I preferred to explore the Connecticut woods […]

sallyjfoxAugust 2, 20236 min read
Communicating, Flourishing

Traveling off the path of normal

sallyjfoxMay 4, 20234 min read
Communicating

Friendship in a Post-Pandemic world

Did friendship change during the pandemic? It’s hard to say. But I know what changed for me: I don’t take it for […]

sallyjfoxApril 27, 20234 min read
Communicating

Nine Reasons NOT to Write a Book* (*unless you must)

1. Writing a book takes time—more than you can imagine. Whoever purports: “You can write a book in ten days” (or two […]

sallyjfoxApril 13, 20234 min read
Communicating

Bringing light into dark

Monday morning, my husband asked me to read a heavily researched article about a small pack of men who had been systematically […]

sallyjfoxApril 6, 20233 min read
Communicating

Dropping “should” for “I prefer”

Yesterday, I faced a blank blog post without an idea of what to write. No ideas. It was too late in the […]

sallyjfoxFebruary 16, 20234 min read
Communicating, Creating, Uncategorized

We Don’t Need to Know Before We Go

One of the cool things about artists is that they often start their pieces (and I’m defining artist in the broadest possible […]

sallyjfoxFebruary 3, 20233 min read
Change, Communicating

Give your brain a break—extend your mind

Where does the mind live? In our brains? Our bodies? The environment? Each other? Some mix? Or, as philosophers Andy Clark and […]

sallyjfoxJanuary 12, 20234 min read
Communicating

Should I say, “thank you” to “Alexa?”

Are chatbots making human interaction transactional during a time when human civility is increasingly endangered? I put the idea to the test […]

sallyjfoxOctober 20, 20226 min read
Communicating, Flourishing

STOP!

STOP!Fermati!Arrête !СТОП! STOP! is a good word to have in your pocket. It’s short, abrupt, and good in emergencies. When I ride […]

sallyjfoxApril 21, 20223 min read
Communicating

If Trees Could Weep

If trees could weep, would they send sorrowsinto the groundthrough roots, mycelium,into rivers and seas? Blending stories from birch and beech, spruce and […]

sallyjfoxApril 7, 20221 min read
Change, Communicating

Life as improv–Nine rules for a better performance

In my sixties, I did a number of improvisational theatre classes, until the pandemic hit. I miss the fun, but no matter. […]

sallyjfoxMarch 31, 20225 min read
Communicating

Are we becoming Zoom zombies?

I’m about to do my first talk as a presenter at a Zoom conference. I’m not worried about what I’m going to […]

sallyjfoxOctober 28, 20213 min read
Communicating

Can we think about that, please?

Tapping my deep knowing or intuition helps me navigate life from a place of inner-directedness. The question, “What am I feeling called […]

sallyjfoxOctober 21, 20215 min read
Communicating

How to say no, nicely

  For some of us, the pandemic brought a guilty pleasure. We were released from the burden of having to say no […]

sallyjfoxMay 6, 20213 min read
Communicating

Zoom fatigue? It’s real and what to do

Many of us have been experiencing a chronic condition since early into the pandemic: Zoom fatigue. It’s growing worse. Last November, Psychiatric […]

sallyjfoxFebruary 25, 20217 min read
Communicating

Why not let life be complex?

This US Presidential Inauguration Day, a group of riders on white horses wearing white coats will ride into Washington, D.C. to assume […]

sallyjfoxJanuary 14, 20213 min read
Change, Communicating

This revolution will require love

Is it OK to rage when we’re committed to practicing love? How do we love someone whose words and actions have lead […]

sallyjfoxOctober 8, 20203 min read
Communicating

Is your head stuck in the sand? (Hint: neither is the ostrich’s)

How much news can one take? My working answer is simple: it depends. My friend Dan used to work as a crime reporter. […]

sallyjfoxSeptember 30, 20204 min read
Communicating, Storytelling

Saying “yes/and” to dementia.

Saying “joy” and “dementia” in one sentence could sound like an oxymoron. Like many, I have a fear that I might someday […]

sallyjfoxJuly 30, 20205 min read
Communicating

Do you know these (mostly) new words?

Words create worlds. Words in turn have lives of their own.  I used to think that the words in the dictionary had […]

sallyjfoxJuly 8, 20204 min read
Communicating

Zoomed out? Time to Zoom back in.

Zoom’s emerging as a technical hero of the pandemic. Millions of people are connecting in ways no one would have thought possible […]

sallyjfoxMay 21, 20204 min read
Communicating

Time to think long haul

  On the trail Some years ago, on a sunny day hike with a friend in Washington’s Cascade Mountains, I started running […]

sallyjfoxMay 14, 20204 min read
Communicating

Stop demonizing when there’s so much to learn

My go-to default for almost anything, miserable or exciting, is learning. I would have rephrased Descartes or Hamlet or whomever to say, […]

sallyjfoxMarch 26, 20204 min read
Communicating, Musing

“All shall be well again” (I hope)

Trust. It’s not the easiest quality for me to find in these dystopian-feeling days. So I turned to a fourteenth-century mystic who […]

sallyjfoxFebruary 20, 20204 min read
Communicating

Eight tips to interview like a pro (and have more fun talking with people)

These ideas come from four years of interviewing a captivating group of guests on my Vital Presence podcast. If you’re not recording […]

sallyjfoxJanuary 15, 20204 min read
Communicating

Three crazy super-easy ways to add thanks to your life

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.21.4″ z_index_tablet=”500″] Many of us in the United States are preparing for the November marathon known as Thanksgiving. While […]

sallyjfoxNovember 21, 20196 min read
Communicating

Finding fiery hope

“Hope locates itself in the premises that we don’t know what will happen and that in the spaciousness of uncertainty is room […]

sallyjfoxNovember 14, 20195 min read
Communicating

What if, sometimes, there is no reason?

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.21.4″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” z_index_tablet=”500″] Does everything happen for a reason? Even […]

sallyjfoxOctober 17, 20194 min read
Communicating

Play your way into presence

How does one learn to be more present–in that state of being in the moment, open, receptive, and curious? And how do […]

sallyjfoxJuly 18, 20195 min read
Communicating

Peeking into the lives of others

  I’m fascinated by how others live, not just by the face they show the world. Living in Paris, I’d spend hours […]

sallyjfoxJuly 11, 20193 min read
Communicating

Cultivate kindness in small doses

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.17.6″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”] Don’t we all need a little more kindness […]

sallyjfoxJanuary 10, 20194 min read
Communicating, Creating

Sweat your way to community

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.17.6″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”] Sometimes you build community by talking, finding common interests, and […]

sallyjfoxNovember 27, 20184 min read
Communicating

Small talk

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.17.6″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”] Red alert: The holidays are coming! Thanksgiving in the U.S. […]

sallyjfoxNovember 15, 20186 min read
Communicating, Creative aging

What you can and can’t afford to forget

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.106″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_layout=”light”] Do you forget things? I do…and it bugs me, […]

sallyjfoxOctober 31, 20182 min read
Communicating

The Dummies Guide to Disrespect (15 tips)

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.106″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_layout=”light”] Enough!!  I hate to add anything to the pantheon […]

sallyjfoxOctober 4, 20182 min read
Communicating

How to support a friend in need

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.106″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_layout=”light”] As I’m writing this, my friend Susan Partnow’s husband […]

sallyjfoxSeptember 11, 20184 min read
Communicating

Do you have FOF? (Fear of feedback?)

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.106″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_layout=”light”] Turns out a lot of us are […]

sallyjfoxAugust 29, 20185 min read
Communicating, Storytelling

A little retreat from the heat

  Some like it hot. I do not. Or at least, not anymore. When I was a kid, swimming was my passion. […]

sallyjfoxJuly 26, 20183 min read
Communicating, Musing

Three words that can change your life (they’re not what you think)

    If I asked you for the three most powerful words you’d use to change a situation, what would you offer? […]

sallyjfoxJuly 10, 20183 min read
Communicating, Creating

The Secret Key to IGNITING Performance

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.106″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_layout=”light”]       Picture this: a lively […]

sallyjfoxMay 23, 20183 min read
Communicating, Storytelling

What’s your legacy (story)?

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sallyjfoxApril 26, 20185 min read
Communicating, Musing, Storytelling

What about your work do you love, love, love…

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.63″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” border_style=”solid”] It’s been a hard week. […]

sallyjfoxMarch 14, 20184 min read
Communicating, Creating

What to say when you don’t want to say anything

  I woke up this morning thinking about what to write and…and my brain was empty. What do you say when your […]

sallyjfoxFebruary 15, 20181 min read
Communicating, Musing

On Valentine’s Day: How to skip the sugar and give some real appreciations

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.63″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” border_style=”solid”] Remember “Sweethearts,” the little pink […]

sallyjfoxFebruary 1, 20183 min read
Communicating, Leading, Storytelling

What will you stand for?

  What do you stand for? Isn’t it time to get a little bolder, to speak up for the truths you hold […]

sallyjfoxJanuary 11, 20183 min read
Communicating, Creating

Finding Lightfulness

‘Tis the season of light in many faiths. But not all of us are feeling jolly. This is also a time of […]

pnhd6December 20, 20174 min read
Communicating, Storytelling

Weaving community–through stories

Last week, I had the privilege of once again participating in a Story Bridge event in Seattle. A very diverse group came […]

pnhd6November 16, 20174 min read
Communicating, Storytelling

Create a world. In six words.

Remember when you were in grade school and you returned from your summer break, knowing that your new teacher would ask you, […]

pnhd6September 21, 20171 min read
Communicating, Storytelling

When “I” Becomes “We:” Letting our stories connect us

I’m looking forward to helping a new friend work on a grant application for his nonprofit. He does critically important work inspiring […]

pnhd6August 10, 20174 min read
Communicating, Musing

Dare to ask a bigger question

Several years ago, when I started to reinvent my business, I faced a sea of unknowns and many questions. I wondered: What was […]

pnhd6July 12, 20173 min read
Communicating, Leading

Why Some Meetings Fail Before They Begin

If you work in an organization or business, or volunteer regularly in the community, how many hours do you spend weekly in […]

pnhd6April 13, 20175 min read
Communicating, Leading, Musing

A Manifesto for Disruptors and Manifesto-makers

Recently, I had an opportunity to interview two cool, world-class disruptors who are challenging society’s beliefs about aging: Dr. Bill Thomas, author […]

pnhd6April 6, 20174 min read
Communicating, Creating

The Subversive Pile Next to My Bed

Words can be dangerous, sentences subversive. At a time when many of us are asking, “What can I do,” I’m starting a very undercover […]

pnhd6March 3, 20173 min read
Communicating, Leading, Storytelling

Four Words to Help You Bridge Divides

  Have you noticed how the fault lines between our values in the United States are becoming chasms? The distances separating conservatives […]

pnhd6February 23, 20174 min read
Communicating, Creating

Why Music is Subversive

As I was mid-way through the Women’s March Olympia, (capitol of the other Washington), a woman near me burst into song: “This little […]

pnhd6January 26, 20173 min read
Communicating

Launching a website (or take that Russian trolls!)

Today I launch my website 2.0. New. Pared down. Beautiful (I hope).  Designed to be useful. But perfect.  No. It should have been […]

pnhd6November 3, 20164 min read
Communicating

When you want to explode, maybe don’t

We see so much fear and anger playing out on the national scene this fall. It’s led to some pretty ugly diatribes. […]

pnhd6October 25, 20165 min read
Communicating, Storytelling

“Tell Me Your Story.” How to Elicit GREAT Stories From Your Clients (and Friends)

Many years ago, I was sitting in a doctor’s private office, waiting to meet a holistic practitioner who had been highly recommended […]

pnhd6October 6, 20164 min read
Communicating, Storytelling

Isn’t it time to share your story?

Your story matters. Or more accurately, your stories. I know because I’ve been working on a project this summer, helping dozens of nurses […]

pnhd6September 21, 20163 min read
Communicating

Five books to match your summer moods

  Summer’s passing – too fast, I’m afraid, but hopefully you still have time to take a vacation or a few extra moments […]

pnhd6August 17, 20164 min read
Communicating, Creating

Honoring our true colors in a violent world

Black lives matter. White lives matter. Pantone* shade 316 – 6C  lives matter. *a system printers use for matching colors Like you, I’m […]

pnhd6July 13, 20163 min read
Communicating, Flourishing, Storytelling

Don’t create your legacy – claim it

  Near the end of the movie Schindler’s List, there’s a gut-wrenching moment when the Jews who’ve been kept alive by Oskar Schindler […]

pnhd6June 29, 20163 min read
Communicating

What to do when an opponent labels you?

Do you remember hearing, “sticks and stones will break my bones but words will never hurt me?” Maybe your Mom, like mine, […]

pnhd6June 7, 20165 min read
Communicating, Flourishing

Restore Thinking to Her Place of Honor

My friend Thinking is one of the world’s great unsung heroes and a good friend of mine. But she’s been looking depressed recently. […]

pnhd6May 11, 20165 min read
Communicating

How to survive Mercury (retrograde) poisoning

Mercury has gone retrograde. Oh baby. Hang on to your electronics, your communications and your relationships. I don’t know much about astrology […]

pnhd6May 4, 20165 min read
Communicating, Flourishing, Storytelling

Five questions about your bio your clients are secretly asking

Your bio isn’t your resumé. Its purpose is to help people decide whether they want to connect with you. Let it sing with your […]

pnhd6March 1, 20164 min read
Communicating

Thanks for the light and the dark

“THANKS” is a poem for this season and for these times. My friend Anne shared it with me recently, introducing me to the  work […]

pnhd6November 22, 20153 min read
Communicating, Leading

A learning journey to India

It may be easy to believe that your culture is the one right way when you’ve grown up in just one culture, […]

pnhd6November 18, 20155 min read
Communicating, Leading

Money can’t buy it (a story)

When Mary sat down at the table for coaching, I could tell that something had changed. With her sandy hair, impish face, […]

pnhd6November 12, 20155 min read
Communicating, Leading, Storytelling

Time for tea and reflection

Welcome to November, the time of long nights and cold rain in the Northwest. Our glorious Indian Summer, which I celebrated in […]

pnhd6November 2, 20152 min read
Communicating, Flourishing, Leading

Know How You Feel to Change How You Think

Lots of self help gurus preach that we can change what we believe (and then act) by changing how we think. Powerful stuff, […]

pnhd6October 15, 20156 min read
Communicating, Creating, Flourishing

Are you ready to unmask from “appropriate”?

Did anyone ever tell you, as a kid, that you needed to be appropriate? Sure, it’s important in our civil culture to […]

pnhd6October 6, 20153 min read
Communicating, Creating, Leading

In praise of an audience of one

Despite the buzz about content marketing, and writing for your audience, the words of Kurt Vonnegut, as quoted by the brilliant Maria Popova, live on: "write for an audience of one".

pnhd6September 1, 20155 min read
Communicating, Creating, Leading

Want to practice BEING vulnerable? Try clowning!

The words “be vulnerable” are now becoming mainstream, thanks, in part, to Brené Brown. In her brilliant TEDx talk, she talked about […]

pnhd6August 27, 20154 min read
Communicating, Flourishing, Leading

Do you choose high seas or a safe harbor?

Action heroes are always taking risks, daring greatly and saving the planet. They'll probably always choose high seas over safe harbors. But for the rest of us, managing the balance of risk and safety is a skill to cultivate.

pnhd6July 13, 20153 min read
Communicating, Storytelling

Find Your Best Frame

Last week, I gave a workshop on Strategic Storytelling at a conference of fundraisers. Strategic storytelling is the vivid use of stories […]

pnhd6June 17, 20154 min read
Communicating, Leading

How NOT to Ask a Question

    Questions can be life-changing. They can help you: See the world with new eyes Redefine a problem Find options that […]

pnhd6April 9, 20153 min read
Communicating, Flourishing, Leading

Mind Your Cues to Change Your Habits

Habits are useful. They help us not to think. Like checklists they help us navigate complexity. But changing a habit we don't want can be hard -- and understanding cues can help.

pnhd6February 25, 20153 min read
Communicating

Why Some Conflicts Will NEVER Go Away

Who likes conflict? I don't! But sometimes within our conflicts, we can spot the forces that are in tension - that will never go away - and learn to live with them!

pnhd6February 17, 20152 min read
Communicating, Flourishing

How to change your pose to change your life

Can body language, and specifically your posture influence how you think, how you feel, and how you are perceived in the world? Dr. Amy Cuddy thinks so - and presents her findings in her popular TED talk. I do too, except that those power poses all look like alpha males! I think so, and that’s why I wanted to hear Dr. Amy Cuddy’s TED talk “Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are.” It’s one of most viewed TED talks ever. I could see why: Cuddy’s poised, personal, and packs a powerful take-away: the idea that you can become more self assured and be perceived as powerful by simply shifting your stance for a couple of minutes.

pnhd6January 11, 20154 min read
Communicating, Leading

How to give advice people want to hear

Ever wish that you could give people a piece of your mind and have them wanting more? Or, give feedback that someone really used because it was both tough and compassionate? The best model I’ve found recently for balancing straight talk with caring isn’t in a leadership book. It’s in an on-line advice column “Dear Sugar” by Cheryl Strayed, compiled in her book, Tiny Beautiful Things.

pnhd6January 5, 20154 min read
Communicating, Flourishing, Leading

50 Shades of Introversion

This week I have a new coaching client and I’m so excited: he’s smart, he’s competent, he listens well and….he’s an introvert. […]

pnhd6November 20, 20144 min read
Communicating, Flourishing, Leading

Try the Appreciation Diet Before Thanksgiving

Appreciations are the low-hanging fruit of communications that build better relationships. Yet most of us could offer so many offer. Why not go on an appreciation diet to build your gratitude muscle for Thanksgiving?

pnhd6November 13, 20146 min read
Communicating, Flourishing, Leading

Should we lose or use our anger?

How do you live with ANGER? Would you rather avoid it? Move beyond it? Or use it as a fuel for action? Of all the emotions, anger is the one that I like least. So I was interested in some thoughts from Deepak Chopra about letting go of anger...at the same time I was left wondering, "Aren't there ways to use our anger, too?

pnhd6September 7, 20144 min read
Communicating, Creating

How to pick the perfect email closing

I'm taking a break from teaching about conflict to explore this life defining if tongue-in-cheek topic: email closing salutations!

pnhd6August 20, 20143 min read
Communicating, Leading

How to take some emotional heat without getting scorched

Conflict and deep emotion often go together. Recently, I've been learning how hard it is to stand in the fire and take the heat, when a disagreement turns strongly emotional. Here are a few insights I pulled from the embers after the first flames of a recent conflict died back.

pnhd6August 12, 20146 min read
Communicating, Creating, Leading

A Secret Tool to Help You with Difficult Conversations

If you’re like most folks I’ve worked with, handling conflict, especially when it involves messy emotional conversations, is not your cup of tea. Conflict comes with the role of a leader – and it’s important to be able to have those difficult conversations. I bet you handle conversations well when differences are clear-cut, objective and technical. But do you run for cover when things become confrontational and feelings start flying? Well here's help - new skills - that come from improvisational theatre.

pnhd6August 5, 20146 min read
Communicating, Creating, Leading

Unleash the Creativity Within Conflict!

We may want to avoid certain conflicts, but learning to manage conflict is necessary for creativity. Besides, it makes a better story.

pnhd6May 17, 20143 min read
Communicating, Creating, Leading

How to Stop But-ting

When we say "yes, but" in our controversial conversations we can escalate conflict and decrease listening. Last week, I taught about a way to reach a better outcome. Just don't say what I did!

pnhd6January 14, 20143 min read
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