While the idea of seeking out feedback can be terrifying at first, when done with intention and skill, it is actually life-giving. It’s how we grow, innovate, and thrive. Without it, we question what others think, live in fear of what others might be thinking, and create all types of simple stories of how others experience us.
Read MoreFrameworks are fabulous mechanisms for getting us comfortable having tough conversations. They teach us how to build the muscle needed to connect with the people around us, and without them, we often won’t have the conversation at all. But be careful of losing yourself in their nuance and structure.
Read MoreIn early 2018, WillowTree, a digital innovation agency based in Charlottesville, VA began asking: How can we maintain our culture and our core values as we continue to expand? Partnering with Launch Project, WillowTree realized that to sustain and evolve its culture, it needed to invest in its high potential leaders.
Read MoreNothing has been more important in both product management and coaching than one’s ability to listen deeply. I only wish that as a product manager I’d had as deep an understanding of what listening is as I do now.
Feedback—criticism and praise—is correlated with higher job satisfaction, more creativity, faster adaptation, and lower turnover. But feedback has a shadow side. It can lead us to reject our own truths and values because we fixate on what others think.
Read MoreIt seems like everyone has a coach, is a coach, or knows a coach. But very few people can actually explain what coaching is, why to work with a coach, or how it really works. Here is probably way more than you ever wanted to know about coaching.
Read MoreMost organizations strive for a culture of feedback. Most fail. Here’s one way to move the needle.
Read MoreWhen you focus on your strengths, you are more productive, efficient, and fulfilled. Organizations that support employees in leaning into their strengths have increases in employee engagement, which ultimately leads to higher profitability, lower turnover, and greater customer satisfaction.
Read MoreHappy Birthday Launch Project! In honor of an amazing year of ups, downs, failures, and wins, here are ten lessons of a solopreneur’s journey.
Read MoreWhere do you care? Where do you care too much? Gain three strategies for letting go when you need to and caring when it's most important.
Read MoreAre your days spent moving from one activity to the next, checking boxes off your list, and cultivating a sense of accomplishment as you exercise my productivity muscle? Mine were (and sometimes still are). And then I wondered, how is all this human doing contributing to my human being?
Read MoreSometimes the only way to get perspective about what needs to change comes from an outside perspective. And turns out that when you ask the people around you where you can grow, their ideas might be a little different than your own.
Read MoreWhen you surface the meaning behind your goal and give it a voice, a simple goal shifts into a mission. Follow these five steps to create goals that start with why and end with success.
Read MoreCoaching is hard to explain, and as coaches, we often say that coaching is best experienced. But that's because you've never heard coaching, as explained by a Bitmoji.
Read MoreCreating meaningful relationships with the people you work with doesn’t have to be super time consuming, and in the end, it will actually save you time. The better you know your colleagues and what motivates them, the easier it will be to communicate, motivate, and GSD. Given that we spend most of our waking hours in the office, isn't’ that a good thing?
Read MoreThe learning that comes from failing big defines who we are and gives voice to our purpose.
Read MoreEmotions are part of the human experience—and we can’t pretend that the human experience ends when we open the office door.
Read MoreChange takes getting uncomfortable and digging deep. It takes honesty — with your coach and with yourself. And sometimes, it takes good old-fashioned homework. A coach cannot change your life for you. What they can do is help you create a plan to change your own life.
Read MoreThere’s value in more regularly connecting with the good times. Learn how you can savor your past.
Read MoreGiving effective feedback is challenging and stressful. It's also a key factor in motivating and growing your people. These hacks will start you on your path to becoming a feedback pro.
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