Vulnerability in the Workplace
Let’s begin this blog post on vulnerability with the three most embarrassing moments of my life: When I was twelve, I had a massive crush...
Irene Salter, PhD -- Encouraging the light within rising leaders to shine brighter
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Unleash The Power of Collective Wisdom with a Team Resume
We just had the inaugural meeting of the Collective Wisdom Mastermind group. OMG. I am just blown away by this incredible group of...
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Smoothing out the stop-go, fast-slow pace of life
Have you ever felt paralyzed with fear… then motivated, passionate, and on fire… and then been forced to slow down? Freeze. Go fast. Go...
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Making hard new things feel as easy as going to the grocery store
I asked my husband, Jason, “It’s the last morning of our Gap Year. Do you think we’ve changed?” Our family has just spent the past...
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How to Come Alive
I was asking a client today when the last time she felt the most alive. When had she last jumped out of bed with enthusiasm, excited...
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Why does adventure travel make you come alive? Hint: It's not adrenaline.
The worn tips of my hiking boots dangled over the edge of the Auckland Tower, the tallest structure in the Southern Hemisphere. The view...
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How to succeed when Sisyphus failed
Do you ever feel like you’re Sisyphus – cursed by Hades, God of the Underworld, to push a boulder uphill for all eternity. After...
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How can we change the feedback experience? Shift Positive
My purpose is to encourage the light within leaders to shine brighter. Yet, for so many of us, the feedback and evaluation process does...
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How to Find Anger and Turn it into Rocket Fuel
Since childhood I’ve suppressed, hidden, and compartmentalized negative emotions like fear, sadness, and anger… especially anger. All...
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My abortion story
The leaked Supreme Court draft opinion that seems poised to overturn Roe v Wade has dominated my thoughts over the past few days. In...
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Feeling stuck? Seek a different perspective.
When was the last time you got to look down on your life and the world from a completely different perspective? I recently had the...
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Five tips for navigating uncertain times
Navigating a chaotic, ever-changing, uncertain, risky, ambiguous, volatile landscape seems like standard operating procedure for many...
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To be a leader, you don't have to be a superhero
As much as I love stories, the hero’s journey narrative arc never really felt like it was quite the right fit for me. Too...
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On becoming an integrated leader
“What might integrated leadership look like for me?” That’s what one of the people who joined our women’s leadership retreat recently...
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That "look"
You know the one. There’s a “look” I got as an Asian female each time I walked into a board room full of superintendents in collared...
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How to stand out on the job market
It’s hiring season in the education sector right now. I’m supporting several clients through their search process. Here’s the number one...
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How to manage your email
Email Stress The first email was sent 50 years ago. Today, it’s ever so easy for email to become a source of tremendous stress,...
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What Leaders Need Right Now
Since October, I’ve been engaged in a mini-research project trying to understand the needs of the leaders I serve. I had a hunch that...
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Touchstone for 2022
This year, rather than setting a goal, creating a vision board, or making a New Years resolution, consider choosing a single word to...
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How to slow down your frantic, overwhelming holiday season
Stacking. Dysregulation. Stress. Recentering. Visions. Armor. A lot has happened since Thanksgiving. My family spent a glorious...