Author: Rachel Hanson

If you find that communication comes up as a problem team-wide or company-wide, it's likely that it's less of a communication problem and more of a trust problem. You likely see the survey results that rate communication poorly and wonder how you can possibly communicate more?! You email, you give speeches, you host town halls...and … Continue reading Survey says

You are not your stuff. Seems obvious, but we in the Western world consistently struggle with this. We accumulate more stuff as we age in an effort to better represent ourselves. Stuff becomes a stand-in for self. The bigger house, the faster car, the fancier title - all the better, because it signifies we're more … Continue reading Stuff and self

Progressing toward a big dream, a clear vision takes time. Baby steps can happen consistently, the arrival requires patience. Patience if you don't want to settle for a sub-par replacement for your vision. This played out real time with a client in our last couple of team practices. They have a big hire to make. … Continue reading Big dream (team)

Progressing toward a clear vision takes time. Baby steps can happen consistently, the arrival requires patience. Patience if you don't want to settle for a sub-par replacement for your vision. This played out real time with a client in our last couple of practices. They have a big hire to make. First round - candidates … Continue reading Patience

Our fight or flight limbic system is wired to protect our physical safety. The human spirit/soul does not need to be protected, it needs to be nourished. How do we nourish it? Meaning and purpose. This goes right back to Gu's comments on a recent blog post. The two different systems - motivational and inspirational … Continue reading Meaning and purpose

Carrot and stick management systems can be effective if what you want is a defined system that reliably gets X amount of work for Y amount of reward...AND you're willing to eat the cost of employee turnover when they jump ship because  X amount of work is rewarded at a Y+1 level elsewhere. What is … Continue reading Carrot and stick

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light not our darkness that most frightens us." You've probably read or heard Marianne Williamson's quote above. It's a soul-stirring one. And I think it's not the full story. I don't think our … Continue reading Powerful beyond measure

We are not merely comprised of flesh and bones, atoms and synapses. Humans are also a bundle of spiritual energy, I believe, and that energy can have larger than life impacts on others. In one study, it was found that the energy and emotion we show up with can pass through and influence others through … Continue reading Greatness