A large portion of our work at Momentum Consulting is coaching executives, managers, and teams on how to build, or sometimes re-build, trust between themselves. One of the ways we do this is using communication tools based on ownership-accountability combined with a spirit of partnership and collaboration. Over twenty years, working […]
Mark Twain once said, “Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” I was recently at my daughter’s first marathon and we were standing about a mile from the finish line to cheer her on. Watching the runners, spread out by this time, we […]
“A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while, knows something.” –Wilson Mizner The number one breakdown in any organization is communication. At Momentum Consulting, our commitment is to train leaders and teams to communicate effectively and responsibly. The focus is primarily on the listening part of communication. I […]
I believe that one of the true benefits of getting older (and I’ll admit the list is not long) is that every day and every person with whom we interact adds to our accumulated learning and wisdom. That being said, I also believe that learning is not a passive process […]
Yes, it pays to be nice! I recently returned from a 10-day silent meditative retreat. Now, “silent” is a bit of a misnomer, to be sure. Just because I am not talking for that period in no way means I am fully silent. It simply means I am more present than […]
Generalization: Why your brain is blind to your own typos It’s hard to catch your own errors. This can be something as trivial as transposing the letters in “the” to “hte,” or something as significant as omitting the core explanation of your article. Our brain generalizes words & letters as we re-read […]