Jason Shen

If you offer ongoing coaching or a cohort-based course, here's a POWERFUL tip for you. (It's one of the tactics I share in my Coaching Kit Skill Session.) At the midpoint of your engagement, email each participant individually and ask them these questions: 1. In... See more

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Seven Surprises for New CEOs

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How power works

Really good HBR article about tough lessons for new CEOs of bigger companies (2004 but still very relevant)

A half-minute later, Bell got his first donation. A woman threw in a buck and scooted off. It was not until six minutes into the performance that someone actually stood against a wall, and listened.

Things never got much better. In the three-quarters of an hour that Joshua Bell played, seven people stopped what they were doing to hang around and... See more

Pearls Before Breakfast: Can one of the nation’s great musicians cut through the fog of a D.C. rush hour? Let’s find out.

Joshua Bell’s performance in the Metro

In using standards, it is important to ask for precedents. “Have you ever done this before?” and “Have you ever made an exception?” should be part of your everyday vocabulary.

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Negotiation and Getting Your Way

Think like a judge when negotiating—look for precedents and exceptions

Transforming Pain - A Daily Meditation by Fr. Richard Rohr

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Whole Heartedness

If we do not transform our pain, we will most assuredly transmit it—usually to those closest to us: our family, our neighbors, our co-workers, and, invariably, the most vulnerable, our children.