March 31, 2017
It happens quickly. We’re in a group setting and someone says something or what’s even more likely, doesn’t say anything, but acts in a way that’s off-putting. Maybe they roll their eyes. Maybe they’re checking their phone in the middle of your presentation. Maybe they just look bored. And before we know it, we find ourselves feeling defensive. Soon, we’re thinking differently about who they are, how much we trust them, and without even knowing […]
February 22, 2017
Have you ever experienced a situation that makes you feel like you need to be different than you really are? Less talkative? (This one’s all the time for me.) Less truthful. Less funny. Just…less. I would guess that all of us have experienced this at least once (hello…remember high school?) in our lives. Last week at a women’s leadership program book discussion session, one of the participants shared that she feels she needs to be […]
January 27, 2017
You’re sitting in a meeting. As your co-worker drones on about budgets, strategic plans, and who to thank for supplying the break room with doughnuts that morning, you aren’t even hearing him. You are in a world of your own. You are dreaming, scheming and planning. You cannot stop thinking about your big idea. This idea, this dream, follows you everywhere you go. In your car on your hellish commute. While you frantically race your […]
January 11, 2017
Most people would agree that passive-aggressive people are one of the most difficult types of individuals to work, live and play with. Yet it can be hard to identify the behaviors that are considered passive-aggressive. We tend to say “we know one when we see one”. While this list won’t be all-exhaustive, it will highlight enough of the characteristics of a passive-aggressive person to potentially exhaust you just by reading them. They dish out “back-handed” […]