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Do You Know Your Mind?
Along with a colleague, I spoke to group of business owners recently on the topic of succession planning. Following the question-and-answer period, a man in his late 30s or early 40s sought me out with questions about some aspects of my work. He had graduated college...
Electronic Communications are Easily Misunderstood
In today’s world, we often use text and e-mail to communicate electronically. It’s a quick and easy way to get your message across. So, if it’s quick and easy, what’s the problem? Well, often the actual message isn’t communicated, it gets misunderstood. Emotion,...
How I Learned to Embrace Conflict and Love More of Me
Before there was conflict resolution, there was conflict… Conflict is best understood not by what generates it nor in how it is manifested, but rather through a better understanding of life itself. Why? Because conflict is ubiquitous. While we usually think of...
Why Some Employees Settle for Working in a Toxic Environment
Often when I first go into a workplace, I find many employees appearing to live comfortably in a work environment that is filled with toxic conflict. I have seen partners belittling each other, siblings bringing disagreements from their childhood into the hallways at...
A smaller operation, a new vision for leaving a legacy
When I started growing my consulting practice seven years ago (Stanislaw Consulting), I wanted to leave a legacy. I still do, but I’ve learned a lot about what that legacy can be. My original thought was that I would build a sustainable practice that would outlast me,...
Emotional Intelligence – Can it be Taught?
Emotional Intelligence defined: The ability to know one’s emotional state, manage it, read the emotion in others, and use this information to guide one’s thinking and actions. The author of the article reference below is an international authority in personality...