Consulting Tip: Keeping Cool When Clients Aren’t

April 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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A while back, I received a parenting email from Love and Logic (great resource for you parents out there) and tucked it into my “WIC blog post” folder as a potential topic. I was struck by how the parenting tips from their Keeping Cool When Parenting Heats Up were so apropos to consulting. And so I thought I’d share them with you. “Avoid giving repeated warnings and reminders. The more we put up with bad behavior, the more likely we’ll come across as angry and frustrated when we … [Read more...]

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Consulting Tip: Carry Your Own Baggage and No One Else’s

February 26, 2011 By 4 Comments
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I used to be an owner. If someone reacted negatively to a situation or an exchange, I owned their reaction. I focused on it, internalized it, and wouldn’t let it go. What an energy drain that was – and a total waste of time. I knew the only thing I could control in any given situation was my own actions and reactions, but did that stop me from owning the person’s negative response? Nope. And if you would have asked me anytime last year if I thought I’d ever be able to relinquish … [Read more...]

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Acknowledging Your Own ‘Stock Value’

July 5, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Recently, I had a big ‘personal event’ in my life (I got married!) and for the week before and the week after the wedding, it was difficult to stay as focused on my work and my clients as I normally am. I had every intention of working on client projects right up until the day before the wedding and to return to work the following Tuesday since we weren’t taking our honeymoon right away—I wanted to minimize the impact of my marriage on my clients. However the clients I had active … [Read more...]

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