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Leadership Library Review — “Proud AND Critical: And-Thinking Applied to Critical Race Theory” by Barry Johnson (Polarity Partnerships, September 2021)

Posted on October 1, 2021 by Susan Palmer Consulting, LLC

October 2021 If we merge mercy with might, and might with right, then love becomes our legacy and change our children’s birthright…./For there is always light, if only we’re brave enough to see it./If only we’re brave enough to be … Continue reading →

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Leadership Library Review — A Trifecta of Soul Balms: Three Books for Autumn in the Pandemic

Posted on September 1, 2020 by Susan Palmer Consulting, LLC

September 2020 “Joy is the kind of happiness that doesn’t depend on what happens.” –David Steindl-Rast A Trifecta of Soul Balms: Three Books for Autumn in the Pandemic Are you nervous about the fall and winter? I am. Perhaps like … Continue reading →

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Leadership Library Review: “Together, You Can Redeem the Soul of Our Nation” by John Lewis

Posted on August 1, 2020 by Susan Palmer Consulting, LLC

August 2020 “Together, You Can Redeem the Soul of Our Nation” by John Lewis (New York Times, 7/30/20) “Democracy is not a state. It is an act, and each generation must do its part to help build what we called … Continue reading →

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Leadership Library Review: Seven Things I Am Learning from My Clients in the Pandemic

Posted on March 31, 2020 by Susan Palmer Consulting, LLC

April 2020 What I Am Learning from My Clients In the weeks since the pandemic began I have been astounded, heartened and elevated by everything that my leadership coaching and consulting clients are teaching me and – insofar as I … Continue reading →

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Leadership Library Review: “Love in Action”

Posted on January 2, 2020 by Susan Palmer Consulting, LLC

January 2020 “Love in Action,” Krista Tippett Interview of Congressman John Lewis (OnBeing.org, updated 1/26/17) I want to open 2020 by honoring Congressman Lewis and by lifting up the practice of “love in action” he described to Krista Tippett in … Continue reading →

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Leadership Library Review: The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership

Posted on January 1, 2019 by Susan Palmer Consulting, LLC

January 2019 The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership by Jim Dethmer, Diana Chapman and Kaley Warner Klemp (Chapman, Dethmer & Klemp, 2014) What are the big take-aways? The authors posit that there are two “locations” of leadership consciousness: above the line … Continue reading →

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Leadership Library Review: Leadership Lessons from Adopting a Shelter Dog

Posted on August 1, 2018 by Susan Palmer Consulting, LLC

August 2018 Leadership Lessons from Adopting a Shelter Dog What are the big take-aways? On a cold day in early April, when there were still dribs and drabs of snow on the ground, my husband Chris and I decided to … Continue reading →

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Leadership Library Review — The Choice: Embrace the Possible

Posted on June 1, 2018 by Susan Palmer Consulting, LLC

June 2018 The Choice: Embrace the Possible by Dr. Edith Eva Eger (Scribner, 2017) What are the big take-aways? The Choice is a memoir, a call-to-vocation and a how-to guide to freedom from self-limiting beliefs. It describes Dr. Eger’s survival of … Continue reading →

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Leadership Library Review — Poetry of Presence: An Anthology of Mindfulness Poems

Posted on May 2, 2018 by Susan Palmer Consulting, LLC

May 2018 Poetry of Presence: An Anthology of Mindfulness Poems edited by Phyllis Cole-Day and Ruby R. Wilson (Grayson Books, 2017) What are the big take-aways? The beauty of this book is that the editors have taken the time to … Continue reading →

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Leadership Library Review — The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World

Posted on March 1, 2018 by Susan Palmer Consulting, LLC

March 2018 The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World featuring His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, with Douglas Abrams (Avery, 2016) What are the big take-aways? On the occasion of the Dalai Lama’s 8oth birthday, … Continue reading →

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