Where is the Leadership Wisdom? Hiding with Waldo

By Michelle Malay Carter on October 15, 2008 

Have you played the game, Where’s Waldo?? The point is to search an incredibly cluttered image and isolate Waldo, who is hiding amongst the debris.?Can you find Waldo in the image to the left? We Don’t Need More.? We Need Discernment When it comes to leadership wisdom, it’s a little like Where’s Waldo.? There is […]

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Separating Observation from Evaluation

By Michelle Malay Carter on July 30, 2008 

I’m reading NonViolent Communication, A Language of Life by Marshall B. Rosenberg.? Although I am not all the way through it, I am riveted by its content.? I may share more from the book?in the future, but I wanted to start by offering some passages from the book regarding separating observation for evaluation. “Most of […]

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If I’m Not What I Do, Who Am I?

By Michelle Malay Carter on June 25, 2008 

I took a values inventory from Values Technology and received my initial feedback today. One of the questions I was asked is, what question defines where you are at the moment?? My question that I have been pondering for about 5 years is: If I’m not what I do, who am I? Can you answer […]

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If You’re Happy and You Know It, Will It Last?

By Michelle Malay Carter on May 5, 2008 

I’m finally reading Upping The Downside. The first half of the book features articles by a variety of authors. At least two discuss the concept of feel-good happiness versus values-based happiness as coined by Dr. Steven Reiss. Feel-Good Happiness Americans consume as a means of chasing feel-good happiness like a drug addict desperate to score […]

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