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alexmackenziemft
- Nov 1, 2021
- 2 min
On Closure: Don't be a hostage of someone else's narrative
Closure: Peaceful acceptance that something has changed or ended. I have counseled many people who, at the end of a relationship,...
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alexmackenziemft
- May 6, 2021
- 2 min
Age Bias
Negative age bias has serious negative impacts, both on the people toward whom the bias exists, and on those who hold the negative bias,...
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alexmackenziemft
- May 2, 2021
- 2 min
Personality Conflict or Communication?
Have you noticed that some of the very things you loved about your romantic partner at the beginning of the relationship are the things...
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alexmackenziemft
- Jul 17, 2019
- 3 min
Anger -- Valuable and Misunderstood
Anger gets a bad rap. Like all of our emotions, anger has a purpose, and while many of us can use a tune-up in terms of the way we...
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alexmackenziemft
- Jul 15, 2019
- 2 min
Coaching-- Feedback in Professional Context
STAR Model (Business Feedback) In some roles, both in business and personal life, we are responsible for getting results, not from our...
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alexmackenziemft
- Jul 15, 2019
- 2 min
Interpersonal Feedback
Providing Feedback: I like to distinguish between two types of feedback -- personal and business. It's not that one works exclusively...
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alexmackenziemft
- Jun 26, 2019
- 2 min
Emotional Intelligence
Have you ever said, “I was so mad, I didn’t have any choice?” Have you heard a family member say, “I was so sad that I had to…?” If so,...
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alexmackenziemft
- Jun 26, 2019
- 3 min
Empathic Leadership
Author, Alex Mackenzie, 1/14 Who is a leader? Everyone is a leader in some respects. Even if you’re not a formal manager with...
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alexmackenziemft
- Jun 26, 2019
- 3 min
Quick and Dirty Tips for Conflict Resolution
When facilitating conflict resolution, I like to use William Ury's work -- he is the author of many cutting edge books on this topic...
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