Posts Tagged ‘Kathryn Pollack’
Fierce Dialogue
How many times have we experienced a conversation ending too soon or a dialogue that danced around the big hairy issue? You leave thinking… “Did we understand the same thing?” “Are we moving in the same direction?” “When he said x, did he mean y?”; or, “I can’t believe we didn’t talk about that…
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Leadership Insights by Kathryn Pollack Who am I? What is it all about? What is my purpose? What was I put here on earth to accomplish? How often do you ask yourself these types of questions? Throughout all phases of my life, I have repeatedly asked them. So much so, at times I wondered what…
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Leadership Insights by Kathryn Pollack Connection is the heart of our human experience. This is relatively clear to us in our personal lives. Where we can run into trouble and completely miss out is not acknowledging that professional relationships hold the heart of our work-life experience. After all, we are the same humans at work…
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Leadership Insights by Kathryn Pollack Work gets done faster and more efficiently when people trust one another. If you are striving to build a high-impact team, trust is foundational. In my work as a former professional dancer, trust was incredibly important. At a physical level, you need to trust that the person who is going…
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Leadership Insights by Kathryn Pollack I have mistakenly viewed myself as a perfectionist. I realize now that I wasn’t striving for perfection; I was striving for excellence. Perfection is not achievable. Excellence is accessible when we dig in and get gritty. Angela Lee Duckworth popularized the concept of Grit in her book, Grit: The Power…
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Leadership Insights by Kathryn Pollack A highly challenging task combined with a high level of skill is more likely to result in a state of flow. That being said, to be in flow, we need to believe that what we are trying to achieve is doable, or else we risk moving into a state of…
Read MoreWOMEN BUILT2SCALE: Regina Fall 2018 Accelerator Event Summary
Thank you Regina for a wonderful WOMEN BUILT2SCALE Fall 2018 Accelerator! (September 25-28, 2018) “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” – Margaret Mead 160+ ACTIVATED Leaders! 88+ INSPIRED PowHERlunch Attendees! 50+ ACTIVATED VIP Reception Guests! 30 POD + WORKSHOP Participants! 8…
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