Archive for 'Your Red Cape'

Patrick Lencioni, author of bestseller “The Five Dysfunctions of a Team,” recently wrote about the traditional Christmas “brag letter”–

“Just once, I’d like to get a letter that said, ‘Jimmy is starting to get body odor, the teenagers aren’t much fun to be around. I’ve gained about twenty pounds this year, and though I’m not pregnant, I’ve been asked twice since Thanksgiving when my baby is due.’ What I’m saying is that life is messy for all of us, and sometimes it would be better if we all came clean once in a while so we could relax and not worry about keeping up with the fictional Jones’.“

Here at RedCapeRevolution.com, we’ve shared a similar point of view–that people are, well, messy. They Read More →

I am not a mom. At least, not to children of my own, although I have plenty of mothering instincts for  people,  animals, plus a few needy plants. Yes, I have been a proud midwife to several people’s careers and have given birth to lots of major projects, most recently a business, a book, and of course, the movement for worklife change we talk about here at RedCapeRevolution.com. But technically, I am not a mom. Read More →

Does fear get in your way? Hold you back, or put you in doubt? What if you could kick fear to the curb? It’d be nice, right? Come meet someone who’s working on doing that every day in Read More →

Before 2012 begins spinning fast, I wanted to share my own look back, in response to several of you who were curious  (or bored, not sure which.)

After all, 2011 was the first full year of RedCapeRevolution.com. After Read More →

Three. . .two. . .one. .  . HAPPY NEW YEAR!! <smooch>

Okay, okay, I know, you haven’t gotten through Christmas and Hanukkah yet and are still tapping your foot at the door waiting for the UPS guy to arrive. But as the year winds down, it’s an excellent time to take a deep breath and look back at everything that’s happened for you this year.

I had this conversation with my own coach yesterday, gulping as I realized Read More →

I read an article the other day in our local neighborhood freebie newspaper–you know the kind, lots of ads, info about city happenings and garden shows, plus pictures of kids winning soccer games and grande dames at black-tie balls. One unique column caught my eye. Read More →

It’s Valentine’s Day here in the U.S.–a day for chocolate, flowers, greeting cards, and above all else, love. Funny how we don’t have any problem bringing the chocolate into our workplaces–but the love? Doesn’t seem to be a lot of room for that.

In fact, I consistently find that in many workplaces, “love”  has become a four-letter word. Read More →

By now, you’re wondering what the heck I mean by the Red Cape Revolution. Well, let’s break it down, and start with the basics.

Why a red cape?

Well, let me ask you this–what do you think of when you think of a red cape? For most of us, we connect the red cape with power, strength, freedom, even flying. When Clark Kent put on his red cape, he shed his skin of timidity, his hesitancy—and became Superman. But he was still Read More →