by Ann Van Eron | Oct 1, 2020 | Diversity, Emotional Intelligence, Leadership
No doubt, you are experiencing the challenges of polarization. Family members, coworkers, and community participants are dumbfounded by people with different views. People are severing relationships with those on different sides of views on mask-wearing, climate...
by Ann Van Eron | Sep 24, 2020 | Leadership
It is certainly a challenging time in the world with the pandemic, economic crisis, social and racial inequities, climate change disruption and polarization. People understandably report feeling tired and overwhelmed. There are many individual needs, people suffering...
by Ann Van Eron | Sep 11, 2020 | Leadership
Recently, several of my executive coaching and OASIS Conversations workshop clients have complained that they are being unfairly perceived. In each of the cases, their boss said something like “we need to clear up the Jake and Jerry problem” where Jake was the name...
by Ann Van Eron | Aug 27, 2020 | Emotional Intelligence, inspiration, Leadership
A leader in my OASIS Conversation Course assumed that a member of his team was not a team player and was lazy. He was not updating his boss on the status of projects. The frustrated leader talked about letting his staff member go. However, he was able to notice his...
by Ann Van Eron | Jul 30, 2020 | Emotional Intelligence, Leadership
We all have different levels of comfort these days. Will you be going back to the office soon? This is a time of uncertainty and there are not easy decisions. Recently a colleague asked me to join her for lunch. She noted that she had been visiting many restaurants...
by Ann Van Eron | Jul 2, 2020 | Leadership
This is clearly a unique time in our world for us as individuals and our organizations. If ever we need to use our resilience skills it is now. I have been focusing on being open. It is natural to want security, safety and to feel a sense of control during times of...