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While we may not always know it, we are all hard-wired to want to be seen and heard.  It starts immediately upon our entry into this world and if you ever doubt it, just watch a young child in a restaurant engaging most of the diners within 10 feet and getting them to smile and make faces for them.  Being seen and heard is so important to our physical and neurological growth that babies that are not smiled at and…

Last spring, we had the privilege of being in Rwanda, Africa for 3 weeks.  It was striking to see how much the people of Rwanda had to work with one another just to live – because in Africa, it is work to live.  It was stunning how hard it was and yet the harshness highlighted the joys that can be found daily in life and human connection.  Here at home, we meet with people all the time who do just the opposite, they…

Fifty-two weeks ago, we sent out the first of our Monday Morning Business Coach series.  At the time, we made a commitment to offer usable nuggets of the expertise we have accumulated in our work and lives; but privately, we wondered whether we had anything useful to say week after week.    Here we are fifty-two weeks later and we are delighted to say that we have gotten feedback from many of you that these nuggets have been profoundly helpful…

As coaches and consultants, we find that many of our clients care passionately about their work, their organizations, their teams, their families and their communities but matter little in their own lives.  While this approach may seem to be selfless and generous, it is in fact shortsighted and misguided.   If you are to be available to the people and efforts that you care about, you must think hard about creating a life in which you matter.  From the great religious traditions to…