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Linda Ferguson

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The Egoectomy Procedure

Greg Law is a long time friend and one of the many people awakening now…

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Managing Polarities

I was recently introduced to the work of Barry Johnson and his book, Polarity Management,…

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Changing Seasons, Slowing Down

This is my favorite time of year. The trees look spectacular here in the Appalachian…

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Being Patient with Life Lessons

Excerpted from Linda’s forthcoming book, “Staying Grounded in Shifting Sand” A colleague taught me an…

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Transition through Fear

I want to follow-up on my post from last week about taking down your house…

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Got a Pick?

A professor in grad school used to take pride in humiliating students, presumably to teach…

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Let the Fish Swim in the Deep Pool

I heard a man say that he doesn’t like to tell his wife his small…

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Hands, Feet and Heart

“When you work, you are a flute through whose heart the whispering of the hours…

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Carrying the Stones – Empathy

Well how did you do last week listening for people’s feelings and needs? Have you…

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Carrying the Stone – Part 2: Listen for Feelings and Needs

My last blog was about not carrying someone’s stone – that is, pay attention to…

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Carrying the Stone – Part 1

I’m going to write a 3 part series on carrying the weight of problems at…

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Choosing Happiness

There are plenty of things to worry us, just turn on the TV or radio…

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Life Uncluttered – 7 Ways to Find the Stillness

I recently provided a training on Supervising Millenials. We discussed whether in our digitally driven…

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3 Ways Gratitude works

I’d like to continue the theme from Janae’s post last week on gratitude, to explore…

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Caring Enough to Confront

You may have experienced toxic people in your work and aren’t sure how to deal…

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Acceptance vs. Apathy

I want to follow up Janae’s posting on employee engagement with this quote from a…

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