By Carol Mase on April 24, 2012
Creating connection at the team level requires individuals to consciously connect first to themselves. The leadership literature confirms that emotional intelligence, presence, and influence all require self-awareness – as does connection. Connection starts with your inner dialogue We all have an inner dialogue that goes on in our mind, commenting on our experiences in the [...]
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By Kristin Keffeler on April 10, 2012
Squeezing Water from a Rock Ask and ye shall receive. I wanted to work with the brightest, most engaged, forward-thinking and forward-acting entrepreneurs and business leaders out there…. and that’s exactly the clients I have in my practice. Hallelujah! Turns out that my client niche has an unexpected hitch…. The best and brightest also tend [...]
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By Carol Mase on March 28, 2012
Last fall I wrote a blog on connecting that struck a chord with one read who wisely noted: “Being connected may just be the tip of furthering anything, even with ourselves…the real work comes in relationship. Do you suppose that the connectivity is the driving force/thread that maintain the relationship with our groups/teams? What is [...]
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By Carter McNamara on March 27, 2012
(This is a guest post from Professor Günther H. Schust and is based on his free ebook “Supportive Leadership.”) More than two thirds of all problems in our society result from a decrepit leadership culture in economy and politics which allows indispensable profound reforms (i.e. climate protection, finance and tax legislation) and “green” technologies for [...]
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By Carol Mase on March 14, 2012
By: Kristin Keffeler Many of us thrive on it–the rush that comes with feeling that we’re conquering our world, accomplishing more in each day than the Average Joe. We have a love-hate relationship with the pressure—oscillating between craving the stimulation of managing concurrent tasks and sizzling with the mental overwhelm of the demands on our [...]
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By Carol Mase on February 29, 2012
I write this blog struggling not to make it sound too academic. The subject is a topic many organizational thought leaders speak about and is foundational to implementing any of the new sciences of leadership. It also sets the stage for some upcoming topics, allowing you to understand and apply them in a much deeper [...]
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By Carol Mase on February 10, 2012
I recently read an article on personal health that included the Mayo Clinic food pyramid. Hummm, do you suppose that a leadership pyramid impacts organizational health? The two foundational sections (fruits and veggies for those of you who are interested in personal health as well) for leaders wanting to positively impact organizational health and well [...]
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By Carol Mase on December 22, 2011
James Carse has written a wonderfully provocative book on the nature of our interactions in the world[1]. His work is particularly relevant now, during the Solstice season, when all seems to pause, reflect, refocus, and, with the increasing light, return to growth and activity. Leadership Quiz - I approach leadership as a game to be [...]
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By Carol Mase on December 1, 2011
Design Thinking is qualitatively different from other thinking styles. Regardless of how you use Design Thinking it communicates in unique ways, weaving together visual, verbal, and kinesthetic knowing. In this way thoughts, ideas, imaginings, AND planning, product concepts, and even goals become NeuroIntegrated® – inviting the whole human system (body, brain, mind, language) into the [...]
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By Carol Mase on November 22, 2011
Understanding collaboration begins with the definition of the word itself. Collaboration requires more than telling each other what we are doing (communication), is more involved than planning our work together (coordination) and it is also different from its most common substitute, cooperation (working or acting together for a common purpose or benefit). The definition I [...]
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Carol Mase, President of Cairn Consultants, is an educator and coach-consultant who has worked in global marketing, strategic planning, and large scale organizational change. [Read more ...]
Kristin Keffeler, MSM, of Kinetic Enterprise, is a business development and leadership coach who specializes in supporting entrepreneurs and business leaders to bring their Big Ideas to life.
Dr. Steven Ober is a senior executive coach and consultant. He has worked successfully with executives and managers in high tech, business and industry, health care, government, and education. 