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The 3 Questions to Ask Yourself to Manifest Your Best Life

Lessons from KonMari, the Growth Mindset, and the Psychology of Patterns  Image by Author Rachel is a founder, a bringer of ideas, a bias-toward-action, err on the side of collaboration kind of gal. She’s started communities of practices, meditation groups, mentoring circles, and book clubs. She serves on conference boards. She speaks at conferences. She mentors…

Fact or Crap

What’s on the other side of fear? What’s on the other side of fear? Fact or Crap? We use this catchy title, fact or crap, in training, to bust some lingering misconceptions about the subject and to reinforce positive learnings. Sometimes the answer is “A little of both.” Or “Let’s discuss this” because almost everything…

Label: Workaholic

Recharge. Restore. Relax. Labels are shortcuts. Don’t let them stick. Workaholic. I’ve thought about that word for a few days – since someone threw that label at me. I need time to form my answers when I am caught off guard and I felt un-prepared to respond. But now I am. This is what I…

Imposter Syndrome.

Let self-doubt be swept away Imposter Syndrome. We used to call it inferiority complex. There’s been a lot written about it in the last few years. It resonates with many, myself included. At a conference I attended, a speaker asked people in the audience to stand up if they had imposter syndrome. Most of the…

Making Change

Image by Author Change. In my line of work we spend a lot of time talking about change. Welcoming change, what to change, resistance to change, fear of change. Change your organization structure. Change your execution. Change your working patterns. It’s exhausting. There’s that funny thing in the mix: people. We can’t control people. And…

5 Tips to Improve Your Own Emo EQ as a Product Owner

Emotions are contagious. Learn 5 practical techniques to evolve from reactive to responsive and position yourself as a strategic leader. A product manager is constantly balancing expectations from the business, the team, and users. It’s a tough and often thankless job, and it can feel a bit lonely, since there is usually only of you…

3 Tips & 8 Seconds for Scrum Masters to Change Emotional Climate

Find out how focusing on your own behavior could positively impact others The following blog is inspired by Scott Watson’s work, an emotional intelligence speaker and trainer who focuses on education. I hope they will complement what you are already doing well and help you create a tactical plan to improve your own emotional intelligence…