Tag Archives: resilience

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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To What Leadership Opportunities Are We Awakening?

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

June 2020 To What Leadership Opportunities Are We Awakening? The pandemic news is tough; it’s relentless, emotionally exhausting, and carries more information and questions and implications than our brains can comprehend. Anxiety is a natural response to such extreme incoherence … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged abundance, African-American, Appreciative Inquiry, civil rights, complexity, courage, Covid-19, disruption, emergence, pandemic, paradox, polarities, resilience, risk, unconscious/implicit bias, vertical/adult/consciousness development, women | 7 Comments

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 — “Vulnerability: The Key to Courage” Interview of Brene Brown by Dan Harris (“10% Happier” Podcast #185, 2019)

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

February 2020 “Vulnerability: The Key to Courage,” Interview of Brene Brown by Dan Harris (10% Happier Podcast #185, 2019) What are the big take-aways? While the word “vulnerability” makes many people cringe, social scientist and leadership researcher Brene Brown asserts, … Continue reading →

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Leadership Library Review — Resilient: How to Grow an Unshakable Core of Calm, Strength, and Happiness

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

June 2019 Resilient: How to Grow an Unshakable Core of Calm, Strength, and Happiness by Rick Hanson, Ph.D. (Harmony, 2018) What are the big take-aways? I loved Hanson’s book from 10 years ago, Buddha’s Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, … 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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