Author: Rachel Hanson

Internal processors (IPs) work through problems very differently than do external processors (EPs), which frequently leads to miscommunications. IPs often need time and space to sort through their internal world, internal thoughts, and arrive at a conclusion they're ready to share. When they do share them, they're often fully fleshed out, well-formed concepts. EPs (I'm … Continue reading Internal vs external processing

KISS. We've all heard it - keep it simple, stupid. Easily said, not so easily done. A team in a recent practice got far more simple on their expectations for the leaders of their teams. In the past they'd tried to come to a consensus on what metrics to hold up for the standard. Not … Continue reading KISS

"Talkativeness [...] is the result of doing away with the vital distinction between talking and keeping silent. Only some one who knows how to remain essentially silent can really talk - and act essentially. Silence is the essence of inwardness, of the inner life. Talkativeness is afraid of the silence which reveals its emptiness." -  … Continue reading Talkativeness

Know your aim, know your priorities. A client of mine has gotten clearer on a bolted on belief - that their highest purpose is related to their family and to providing understanding, connectedness, and helping their little ones grow. The clearer this client is on their highest purpose, the more they are letting go of … Continue reading Know your aim

We don't rise to the occasion, we fall to the level of our training. This Navy Seal maxim is true in all facets of our lives. The other day in a practice with a group of leaders they wrote and shared about how their experiences as parents are shaping them into better leaders. For some … Continue reading Integrated living

One of my clients is building a company. They're on a mission to change the industry they're in for the better. I believe they'll do it. They're in startup mode right now and growing quickly with lots of demand for their service. Is it time to bring in more people and scale, they wanted to … Continue reading Survive then scale

Early in a journey of mastery everything tends to be cookie cutter, plug and play. You're learning a new system and skillset so that means a lot of learning by rote and copying. Truth is, with any skill endeavor you must learn the basic plays before you can learn to riff and create. As you … Continue reading Constraint breeds creativity

Rarely is "make things easier" the right answer. "Make things simpler" can be. "Make things more accessible" sometimes works as well. But the inclination to make things easier can quickly lead down a dangerous path. The hard, I believe, is what makes things great. Or at the very least, great things can only be found … Continue reading Face the hard