Dear Hunter, I’m stuck. And frustrated. One of my employees is smart, thoughtful, and deeply committed to our mission in health care. But there are parts of her work that just… don’t happen. Deadlines slip. Details get missed.
Read MoreHave you ever sat in a one-on-one meeting where every solution you offer gets met with, “Yeah, but that won’t work…”? It’s frustrating — and exhausting.
Read MoreGreat ideas with no immediate opportunity for implementation can become a problem. As a humble leader who is always looking for new ideas and opportunities to help your team fulfill its mission, you rely on your team to think creatively and bring their ideas to the table.
Read MoreAs an extrovert who works as a teacher, facilitator, and consultant—and who loves connecting with new people and talking about ideas—I’ve been thinking about how much the organizations I work with rely on the leaders who are not like me.
Read MoreDear Hunter, I am a manager in a health care and social service organization. Work has been crazy lately with funding threats, from both the attacks at the federal level on the services we provide, as well as a budget deficit in our local government.
Read MoreA reading list from Hunter Gatewood and Rebecca Bromberg from the mindful leadership course Human.Being.Leader. In my social work masters program, one of my professors used the word “bibliotherapy” to refer to self-help books.
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