Eileen McDargh
How to De-Energize a Customer
"IT” starts in Gary, Indiana at US Steel’s immense integrated mill (the largest of its kind in the Northern Hemisphere).
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Eileen McDargh
Mar 1, 20173 min read
The Right Questions Fuel Resiliency
The German poet Rainer Maria Rilke wrote: Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves.
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Eileen McDargh
Feb 20, 20171 min read
Weather or not: Whether or not
For the past 5 years, the hills above my Orange County, CA home have stayed a dusty, drab brown.
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Eileen McDargh
Feb 13, 20172 min read
A Plus-Minus Look at Your Work Setting
Decades ago when I started my consulting practice, colleagues looked at me with envy, expressing a desire to leave corporate life.
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Eileen McDargh
Jan 30, 20171 min read
You Are Known by the Flowers You Grow
"What kind of flower are you?” The question took me aback when I read it.
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Eileen McDargh
Jan 23, 20173 min read
Resiliency Routed by Routine
A cornerstone of resiliency rests in the ability to be adaptable, to respond in multiple ways to any given circumstance.
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Eileen McDargh
Jan 16, 20172 min read
Guest Post - Leadership Sunshine and Shadows
There’s been a lot written about “strength-based” development approaches in recent years.
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Eileen McDargh
Jan 9, 20175 min read
Kitchen Friends Inspire Others: A Leadership Lesson in Love
Dear Readers, The following story was sent to me by Justin Pickering, President of Blaine González, a global firm that translates...
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Eileen McDargh
Jan 2, 20171 min read
Business Leaders Need This Fourth Grade Teacher
If you face disengaged employees, low productivity, low morale, and trying to get teams to do more with less: listen up!
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Eileen McDargh
Dec 26, 20162 min read
Holiday Memories Aren’t Wonderful if You Have None!
My little sister and I still talk about the time in our grandparents’ house when we were convinced we heard reindeer on the roof.
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Eileen McDargh
Dec 19, 20163 min read
A Christmas Memory Worth Repeating
I came across an article I wrote that won first place for the Christmas edition of the Orange County Register 34 years ago!
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Eileen McDargh
Dec 12, 20162 min read
Resiliency Resides in Words
As we prepare to close off a year that has seen more anxiety, hate speech, anger, and divisive behavior than ever before...
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Eileen McDargh
Dec 5, 20162 min read
The Gift of the Magi - Retold for Today
On Dec 10, 1905, O’Henry’s famous short story, The Gift of the Magi, appeared in the New York Sunday World.
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Eileen McDargh
Nov 21, 20162 min read
The Grace of Gratitude - A Key to Resiliency
People with grace evoke a sense of calm with fluid movements and unpretentious presence.
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Eileen McDargh
Nov 14, 20161 min read
BACK to the Present - Creativity Stoked
Spend 10 days canoeing in the Boundary Waters Canoe Wilderness Area (BWCWA) and you learn the root of vacation...
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Eileen McDargh
Nov 7, 20161 min read
Big Winds Don’t Always Bring Rain
You see the proverbial “storm approaching”. It could be imagining a negative outcome with a client or colleague.
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Eileen McDargh
Oct 31, 20161 min read
A Halloween Horror Tale: Byte by Byte
Ever been jinxed by technology?
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Eileen McDargh
Oct 24, 20162 min read
The “Pickle Pledge” Turns Patients into Raving Fans and Employees into Super Stars
I admit it: a pickle pledge sounds like something created on Sesame Street to get kids to eat pickles.
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Eileen McDargh
Oct 17, 20162 min read
If Tomorrow Never Comes
We’re rapidly approaching the last leg of 2016. You might be jumping to reach quotas,
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Eileen McDargh
Oct 10, 20162 min read
Top Secret Weapon for Creating Connections
What can curve at the corners, droop in lopsided fashion, stretch to great extremes, crunch noses into cherries, crinkle eyes into almonds a
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