Archive for November, 2012

Intentional serving, better leading.

      According to good ole’ Merriam Webster the word intentional is defined as “done on purpose; deliberate”. At times it is so easy for me to go into “auto-pilot” and lose sight of what it means to be intentional. Does this ever happen to you? I remember last year, one of my favorite […]

One can, I think, listen someone into existence, encourage a stronger self to emerge or a new talent to flourish. – Mary Rose O’ Reilley   Deep listening is a skill many have not heard of. For those who have tried it, it is an uncomfortable situation full of awkwardness, risks, excess vulnerability and trouble […]

Advice: a conundrum for leaders

    The other day at work, I overheard one of the assistant living nurse-aides speaking with a resident. The resident was young; she had suffered not one, but two health issues/accidents that had left her with half of her body paralyzed and little motor control on her other side. The resident was expressing to […]

To be Present is to Listen

    When you leave a conversation, do you ever think about it? Do you really know what the other person said, do you listen with merely the intention to respond? I almost feel that this is how most people go through life. From one blur to another, most people unintentionally don’t truly listen. Life has become […]