Microaggressions, culture, and nonviolent communication

The Mental Breakdown - Edition #14

Happy Wednesday!

I woke up this morning feeling grateful that my parents are here in SF visiting me and that this coming Monday is Labor Day. What are you grateful for today?

Now, on to today’s tips…

From the Coaches

Dima Ghawi provides guidance for leaders who need to rebuild trust in a workplace after unwittingly offending one of their team members in 5 Steps For Acknowledging Microaggressions.

Chuck Mollor gets back to basics and hammers home why culture in a workplace is so important and how leaders you may work with every day can help make that happen in Why is Culture Important Now?

Kevin Sansberry II lays out how your clients can adopt a nonviolent communication approach while also explaining why they may want to do that in The Power of Nonviolent Communication.

Rebecca Zucker poses ten crucial questions you should ask any of your clients to consider before they get into a business partnership if they want it to work out in 10 Questions to Ask Before Entering a Business Partnership.

David Cowen talks about his views on radical curiosity and how it’s so much more than just flitting from topic to topic as your mind wanders in this post on LinkedIn.

Rachel Provan dispels some of the most basic lies executive coaching clients like to tell themselves in this powerful post on LinkedIn.

From the Operators & Investors

Danielle Morrill opens up about the personal difficulties she is facing outside of her startup life and shares a little about how she handles that in Soul Cartography.

A.J. Lawrence sits down with CEO Jenny Holmström to talk about the concept of active love and how it can help improve leaders' personal and professional lives in Innovating Relationship Wellness with Jenny Holmström, Coupleness.

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