ADAPTIVE ALTERNATIVES BLOG
Ideas, tools, and inspiration for leaders and teams
When Efficiency Undermines Resilience
In this video conversation, Stephanie Freeth, founder of Adaptive Alternatives LLC, and Debra Sunderland, founder & CEO of Sunderland Coaching, muse on the idea of resilience, and what it means for leaders in our current pandemic-life circumstances. Referencing...
Empowering the next generation of leaders
I've spent the last 5 weeks being inspired by the next generation of leaders. These 10 Princeton University students chose to spend their winter break in a virtual internship with me learning about conscious leadership and investing in their own...
Resilience
What does it look like to build resilience instead of driving for efficiency? Gartner's recent report for Human Resource leaders on key trends in 2021 calls out how efficiency can actually create fragile organizations. "HR leaders now realize that efficient...
Resisting what is
Are you currently resisting *what is*? What you resist persists. Resistance to *what is* takes many forms. Resistance looks like: > Denial > Blaming, criticizing, and judging ourselves and others > Spending energy pushing something away rather than allowing...
When fear is here
What would you do today if you weren’t afraid? What would you do today if you could feel your fear and do what you are called to do anyway? Can you allow yourself to notice and acknowledge that fear is here? Can you locate where you feel fear in your body? We often...
The inner game runs the outer game
The inner game runs the outer game. That means the consciousness of our internal landscape shapes how we experience our external world. When we pay attention to the inner game of emotions, beliefs, and body sensations, we have new access to different kinds of data. 5...
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