Our culture today seems to push against the very existence and need for the competence of critical thinking. In 2014, we are so used to being told where to focus and what to focus our attention on, that many of us give thought only to the things we can immediately see and/or hear. The Read More
Month: April 2014
Need To De-Clutter Your Life?
Over the past week, I got a note in the mail sharing all the details for our neighborhood spring cleaning. I suppose it is that time of year again. After the terribly long and frigid winter we experienced in the Western Hemisphere, the thought of spring anything is a welcomed antidote. It’s literally time to de-clutter and get Read More
7 Reasons We Avoid New Opportunities
Over this past weekend, a group of colleagues and I volunteered our time to provide coaching conversations to a group of men at the Pacific Garden Mission (homeless shelter) in Chicago. I was one of the first coaches to arrive at the location, so I took on the responsibility of gathering twenty men from a lounge Read More
7 Skills A 21st Century Leader Will Need To Succeed!
Recently, I provided the keynote speech at a large leadership conference and shared a talk about what makes a leader effective, along with the new competencies of leadership in the 21st century. To start my talk I shared my twitter handle (@linalharris) with the audience to provide them a way to ask questions, since there Read More