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Category Archives: Words
(#401) Improv and Leadership
Incompetent and fear-based managers rely on rigid scripts. Sam Wasson’s Improv Nation: How We Made a Great American Art provides lessons for transformational leadership. As early Improv players experimented and developed the art form, they learned the power of two … Continue reading
Posted in acceptance, Appropriate Behavior, Choice, Civility, collaboration, collegiality, Communication, effective meetings, generativity, growth, improv, professional development, resilience, self-awareness, self-regulatory behavior, Teaching, teaching and learning, vulnerability, wisdom, Words
Tagged acceptance, and, collaboration, communication, creativity, effective meetings, improv, yes
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(#400) Do We Live In A Post-Fact World?
Perhaps we live in a time when the question to ponder becomes, “If a fact is offered and it is not ‘liked,’ is it a fact?” Have we morphed into a post-fact world, as one source states, “in which virtually … Continue reading
Posted in Appropriate Behavior, assumptions, authenticity, awareness, Choice, Civility, curiosity, focus, fortitude, Grit, information literacy, Integrity, Personal Wellbeing, Priority management, self-awareness, self-efficacy, Words
Tagged alternative facts, argument, assumptions, conversation, debate, information literacy, integrity, post-fact world, rants, truth, truthiness
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(#287) It Could Be Worse. Comparatory Suffering?
For me, comparatory suffering creates its own issues. My suffering is mine. Yours is yours. Does it really help to compare it to someone or something else— while denying the feelings in front of you? You’ve heard them. Probably have … Continue reading
Posted in acceptance, assumptions, Communication, Friendship, Words
Tagged acceptance, communication, friendship, resilience, solace, suffering, words
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(#149) Are You Unique? Well, Isn’t That Special!
Demonstrate what you have done (what action you have taken) rather than getting caught up in hyperbole. Words matter. What we say, how we say it, why we say it, and when we say it create a message. Whether you … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Words
Tagged communication, interview skills, job interview, self-promotion, words, writing
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(#142) One More Word to Censor?
Are there words we should never say? Are there words we should never hear? And who makes that decision? Back on August 22, 2010, I posed the following questions on this blog: Are there words that we should NEVER say … Continue reading
Posted in Words
Tagged censorship, freedom of speech, offensive speech, political corrrectness, words
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(#114) What You SAY and What You DO
Where is your line in the sand? What will you definitely not negotiate away— and what things will you or do you decide are not values to you? At the recently-completed Noel-Levitz Conference on Student Recruitment, Marketing and Retention I had the … Continue reading
Posted in Integrity, Words
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(#55) Words Matter
As an author, my success depends in part on my choice of words and how I turn a phrase. Some days I am more successful than others. At times, the words fly from my mind to the computer screen without … Continue reading
Posted in Words
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#13 Are there words we should NEVER say—and who makes that decision?
What do you think? Are there words we should NEVER say? And who makes that decision?
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Posted in Words
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