SLANT is an acronym for: Sit up, Listen, Ask Questions, Nod, and Track the speaker with your eyes. Schools use this acronym to teach basic classroom behavior to children from low-income backgrounds. Why aren’t we also requiring this behavior for every interaction at work? In our multitasking, smartphone-obsessed offices, we adults would benefit from a […]
PLAYING THE LONG GAME IN LAW: Can we shift the legal paradigm to make law practice more sustainable?
So many of us have heard the buzz words “mindfulness” and “sustainability” lately. My local organic produce market leaps to mind. The mindfulness buzzards have been circling the corporate world for a few years and are now settling on law firms as well. Mindfulness has become one of the legal world’s new “shoulds.” We haven’t […]
Bumps in the Road: Olympians inspect the hurdle that tripped them before rocketing on
Personal growth is exhilarating! I love watching my clients leap into a growth goal that gives them butterflies or makes them grin. Steeping ourselves in growth activities when they involve a BIG stretch to reach a HUGE personal or business goal frequently involves encountering setbacks, too. As we are all so acutely aware, humans cannot […]