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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
by Star Dargin | Dec 8, 2020 | Difficult, Gratitude, Leaders, Leadership, Teams
It can be hard at times to feel real gratitude. I do not mean the polite socially acceptable kind where you must say “thank you” or risk raised eyebrows. You might find yourself in a tragic situation, or dealing with a toxic person, for whom you feel a strong dislike...
