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What HR Leaders Can Learn from a Pastoral Study

Organizations invest millions each year in leadership development, team building, and employee engagement. Yet many interventions produce only temporary improvements because they focus on behaviors rather than the underlying beliefs and assumptions that shape how people work together. Recently, I led a pilot project that reinforced a different lesson. With support from the American Psychoanalytic… Continue reading What HR Leaders Can Learn from a Pastoral Study

Could Your Earliest Memory Show You How to Be a Better Leader?

Organizations spend billions of dollars each year trying to understand people. They administer personality assessments. They conduct 360-degree reviews. They measure engagement, emotional intelligence, conflict styles, and leadership competencies. These tools can be useful. Yet most share one limitation: they categorize people. What if, instead, we started with a person’s unique story? Developed by pioneering… Continue reading Could Your Earliest Memory Show You How to Be a Better Leader?

5 Things You Should Know About Adlerian Early Memory Interpretation

Five Things You Should Know About Adlerian Early Memory Interpretation When you think back to your earliest memories, they may seem quite banal—fleeting recollections of sitting on a grandparent’s lap or of playing with a favorite toy. Yet, according to pioneering psychiatrist Alfred Adler, an early memory serves as a metaphor for one’s unique life… Continue reading 5 Things You Should Know About Adlerian Early Memory Interpretation