Check out your impatience quotient. Patience is a gift and a virtue. Impatience drives fear, worry, anxiety and misunderstanding. Opportunities for having patience are readily available on a daily basis. You may be waiting on a response from someone. Traffic is slow. Impatience causes snap, automatic responses of judgment. Your reaction is an emotional response;…
By Rosalie Chamberlain, Rosalie Chamberlain Consulting & Coaching 1. Communication – The power of words (or lack thereof). Effective communication and leadership are entwined. Whether you lead others or your own career, communication is more than passing on your message. It also involves powerful listening; providing and responding to feedback; verbal and non-verbal communication. Tips:…
By Rosalie Chamberlain, Rosalie Chamberlain Consulting & Coaching I doubt many of us wake up in the morning thinking consciously about this issue, thinking about the impact of our privilege on the systems in which we live. There is likely no intent to marginalize some groups, but intent does not equal impact, and avoiding…
There have been great talks and helpful articles published on how to get over or take charge of Imposter Syndrome. Most of these are geared toward the individual, as though responsibility and work are only up to them. Leaders, it is time to consider that transforming imposter syndrome is a two-way street. Leaders also need…
By Rosalie Chamberlain, Rosalie Chamberlain Consulting & Coaching Imagine a ladder with the highest rung being blatant racism, the description of which many of us consider to be racism. This is defined as extreme, white supremacy, KKK, lynching, the kind that the Civil Rights Amendment was supposed to eliminate. All too often, we compare…
All too often, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs are a check-the-box action, which only promotes further action for very few. Many leaders want to look at bias, but have steered away from wanting to discuss racism, privilege, and inequity. What!?! Can this be an option any longer? You cannot take a serious, extensive look and hold…
By Rosalie Chamberlain, Rosalie Chamberlain Consulting & Coaching Now, more than ever, the need to do something different, to take action is a MUST. This requires behaviors that are more than saying “hello” to someone you have never paid attention to before. It requires looking inside to see where you are complicit with racist ideas,…
By Rosalie Chamberlain, Rosalie Chamberlain Consulting & Coaching Be aware of your emotional state. Take note of emotional reactions that are triggered by circumstances and other people’s words or actions, as well as your own thoughts and actions. When someone is triggered and experiencing an emotional reaction, working, and communicating are difficult. It is challenging…
Do you have your “brows on” today? How would you describe them? Are they implausibly artistic, arched and strong, bushy, peculiarly misshapen, thick and expressive, gray and sparse? The list goes on, and as you can see from the picture below, the trends have changed over the years. I never had my…
By Rosalie Chamberlain, Rosalie Chamberlain Consulting & Coaching 1. Awareness of your biases is a start. The real work is in recognizing the impact of acting on those biases. If you take sides based on automatic reactions to events without digging into what you truly believe and its impact, it is challenging to determine what…