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LEADERSHIP BLOG
An intro from Sheila.
Try Better Tuesday: Why hater-ade?
It’s Try Better Tuesay and I say if all you have is Hater-ade, pour it out. And if you get out of your bed on the wrong side, get back in and try again.
Try Better Tuesday: Active Listening
Active listening is the topic of this week’s Try Better Tuesday. What’s the sound of listening? Silence. As simple as it sounds, managers often find listening difficult and their verbal and nonverbal behavior can close people off and leave them feeling unseen and… truly unheard.
Try Better Tuesday: 3 Good Things
Some reading this may have a daily gratitude journal. Or, as my friend Dr. Santalynda Marrero recently shared, a gratitude jar where she puts her written notes for future reflection. I have one and admittedly don't use it often enough. But I do speak my gratitudes out loud daily so I think I'm doing okay on the gratitude tip.
Try Better Tuesday: Leaders as Listeners
It’s Try Better Tuesday and my focus in on leaders as listeners. We need far less talking and far more listening.
Try Better Tuesday: General Harriet Tubman
Today, my Try Better Tuesday post is best shared through the words of Maryland’s Governor Wes Moore about General Harriet Tubman.
Try Better Tuesday: Living Together
It’s Try Better Tuesday and it’s time for a word from the King family. Bernice A. King said, “We need to elevate how we think about each other.”
Try Better Tuesday: This is how it’s done!
It's Try Better Tuesdaty and THIS is how it’s done! Congratulations, Nicole Taylor, and your team at Silicon Valley Community Foundation.