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Published: Thursday, 08 January 2015 16:44
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Written by Gail Vallance Barrington
Judging from the crowd in my gym class on this snowy day and the number of empty spaces I know will be there in February, New Year's resolutions don't work all that well. Resolutions are firm and action-oriented, heroic even. They turn us into success junkies. We get addicted to checking things off our list. Then we tend to lose the list and forget what the resolutions were in the first place. And if we fail, we beat ourselves up and our guilt makes it almost impossible to start over again.
Read more: My Consulting Wishes and What I Learned Last Year
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Published: Thursday, 04 December 2014 05:19
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Written by Gail Vallance Barrington
Sure, there are at least ten bad listening habits we should avoid. We all fall into them, probably more often that we want to admit but my listening problem is much more serious than these:
Listening Habits to Avoid
Read more: Who’s Really Listening? One Consultant’s Dilemma
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Published: Monday, 14 April 2014 10:24
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Written by Gail Vallance Barrington
The recent focus on data visualization has generated a lot of buzz about how we present evaluation findings. We certainly need new ways to present technical information effectively. Our clients have been falling asleep for years! However, are we being distracted from finding real meaning?
Read more: Bloom & Me: Beyond the Data Mindset
