October 11th, 2018 by Kelly Kienzle
As my faithful readers know, I usually write about a topic on leadership growth and transformation. But last week I went to my 30-year high school reunion and unexpectedly learned something I want to share here. What I learned was this: Our strongest and longest-lasting relationships…
September 29th, 2015 by Kelly Kienzle
We always want to know things. We yearn for certainty and assurance. But why? We want to know what will happen, who will say what and how the work will go. We assume that we will be happier and more secure if we can forecast what…
March 26th, 2015 by Kelly Kienzle
“I can read people.” I have recently (very recently) begun to think that is one of the more dangerous sentences we can say about ourselves. I had always thought proudly of this skill of mine. Yet when I began coaching and learned how to suspend assumptions…
August 1st, 2013 by Kelly Kienzle
We tend to judge ourselves based on our intentions and we judge others based on their behaviors. Similarly, others judge themselves based on their intentions and they judge us based on our behaviors. Here’s how that plays out at work: A colleague did not get…
