If Only: Success and Failure in Leadership

by Star Dargin | Mar 17, 2022 | Coaching, Communication, Difficult, If Only, Leaders, Leadership

Here are two, IF ONLY stories. Only one had a successful outcome, the one who knew and worked on what their if only was. In both cases, my intuition was screaming that these IF ONLYs were important.  If only I had listened to my intuition and been more assertive. ...

Leadership Success Secret. 8 Tips for Coaching Others.

by Star Dargin | Feb 16, 2022 | Business, Coaching, Communication, If Only, Leaders, Leadership

The key to more effective leadership, IF ONLY.  Know yours and work to improve it.  You know that ONE thing?  That thing that could be transformational? Most people cannot identify their own ONE thing and can see it easily in others. If only you knew what others knew...

Gratitude Credibility: Harvard Business Review

by Star Dargin | Dec 16, 2021 | Business, Communication, Gratitude, Leaders, Leadership, Links

Does your organization need help in proactively being MORE grateful? If they read it in the Harvard Business Review does that make it more credible? If you said YES to both questions above, this may help: Use Gratitude to Counter Stress and Uncertainty  Building a...

15 Gratitude Challenges: What Gets in the Way

by Star Dargin | May 7, 2021 | Business, Communication, Difficult, Gratitude, Leaders, Leadership

You may think it’s simple, just be grateful. But, there are many challenges in consistently using an approach of gratitude. Some of these challenges might surprise you, as they did me. Because of these challenges, telling someone to be grateful, generally, does...

What are you Receiving; Gratitude or Attitude?

by Star Dargin | Mar 13, 2021 | Business, Gratitude, Leaders, Leadership, Teams, Tool

Thank you is not always gratitude. There are many types of “thank you.”  It’s similar to, “Bless your heart”, as reported by this social media comment, “Southerners are really practiced at the million ways to mean FU while saying something that sounds a lot nicer....

Platitudes of Gratitude; Not all Thank Yous are Gratitude

by Star Dargin | Feb 2, 2021 | Communication, Gratitude, Leaders, Leadership, Teams

Thanking someone because you must, is not gratitude. Gratitude is more than the socially accepted habit of saying, thank you. Thank you, has many meanings, which vary based on your culture. In the United States thank you is ingrained and a must say phrase if you care...