Empathize for Connection
So many people are continuing to have conflicts with family members, coworkers and neighbors about being vaccinated or wearing a mask. It’s not easy to navigate. Using the OASIS Conversation skills has saved relationships. For example, Jeri faced a big family...
Can We Be Joyful During this Time?
I have wondered, can I dare to be joyful when faced with so many world challenges--conflicts, climate changes, systemic racism, health crises and geopolitical tensions? Much of my life I believed that I should not experience joy when others around me were suffering. I...
Benefits of an Open Mindset and Open Stance
Vital benefits of an open mindset and open stance are that you will experience more aliveness, more positive emotions, and better health and wellbeing. Operating with an open mindset enhances our experience and success in life. Most importantly, having an open mindset...
Emotions are contagious
Research has demonstrated that emotions are contagious. Within milliseconds, our bodies are picking up others’ emotions. When we sense that someone is open or closed, we tend to react similarly. Your openness or closed-mindedness can spread to others and influence the...
Be Aware of Your Inner Sense of Safety
You do not have to look far to experience the challenges of polarization these days. People tell me that they do not speak with family members, colleagues or neighbors who represent a different political position or other view. When they do speak, it is often with...
Are You a Lifelong Learner?
My daughter was worried about how to take all the courses she is interested in during college. I felt the same way when I double majored. There was so much to learn and so much I wanted to know about. I subsequently realized that I will always be studying and...
Build Social Trust—Be Neighborly
We are facing many challenges these days. An underlying issue is a decrease in social trust. Studies show that there has been a decrease in trust of government, media, religious and major social institutions in America and elsewhere. While most see a decline in people...
See No Stranger
We have seen a lot of name calling and division these days. Family members, co-workers and neighbors are not speaking with one another based on diverse political views and other perspectives. It is often hard to understand how someone can see things so differently...
About the Author
Ann Van Eron, Ph.D., MCC is founder and principal of Potentials, a global coaching and organization development consulting firm with experience coaching leaders and teams all over the world for over twenty-five years. She is certified as a Master Coach and has a doctorate in Organization Psychology from Columbia University.
Her new book, OASIS Conversations: Leading with and Open Mindset to Maximize Potential is available at AMAZON >>