Making Assertiveness Work for You
The Double Bind is real. Women and men can say the exact same words and be perceived very differently. We know it anecdotally, I've...
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JoAnn Lauterbach
Oct 5, 20231 min read
Since NYT's Connections hasn't gone there, thought I should!
Drop me a note to tell me what you think of this and who you're going to share this with to spark a meaningful conversation.
JoAnn Lauterbach
Oct 1, 20222 min read
On Change, Cats & Cultivate
I've been thinking a lot about change. On one hand, it's the only constant. And yet, on the other, the more things change, the more they...
JoAnn Lauterbach
Aug 15, 20221 min read
“Ignore what others are thinking about you, because they aren’t.”
I love this Kevin Kelly rule from his post on The Technium. It made me laugh out loud. Initially, I thought he was going in the...
JoAnn Lauterbach
Aug 13, 20222 min read
No!
Something horrendous happened to someone loved by somebody I love. That someone was a 13 year old girl. That someone didn't know the...
JoAnn Lauterbach
Sep 16, 20213 min read
What It Feels Like for a Girl
Every now and then I rummage through my old CD collection looking for something nostalgic to play on long drives. I started doing this in...
JoAnn Lauterbach
Aug 26, 20213 min read
“I’ll have what she’s having!” 3 Reasons to Love Ted Lasso S02 E05
Lessons on assertive communication from TED LASSO.
JoAnn Lauterbach
Aug 18, 20212 min read
Three is a Magic Number
If you spent long ago Saturday mornings in the 70's watching School House Rock like me, you know it's true! Maybe, you came to it later,...
JoAnn Lauterbach
Jun 9, 20212 min read
Everybody Dance!
Up until a few years ago, I routinely spent a few weeks each year running communication workshops in London. These were always some of my...
JoAnn Lauterbach
Apr 20, 20212 min read
"What if no one shows up?"
Walking through your fear and reassessing the stories we tell ourselves. JoAnn Lauterbach
JoAnn Lauterbach
Feb 26, 20212 min read
A Statement and Four Questions
Based on this statement, no over-thinking, please answer the following four questions. 1. If you had to guess the gender of the speaker,...
JoAnn Lauterbach
Jan 29, 20211 min read
Men and Minimizing Language
Men minimize too. There is research to suggest that both sexes minimize, to more or less the same extent. However, the research indicates...
JoAnn Lauterbach
Jan 11, 20212 min read
Breaking Habits -from Cigarettes to Sorrys
Feel an urge. Rummage in handbag. Grab a cigarette. Find the lighter. Flick it open. Ignite the flame. Inhale. Exhale. Gesture with...
JoAnn Lauterbach
Mar 29, 20182 min read
Daughters, don't diminish yourselves!
This morning there were tears. My high-achieving daughter was asked to reflect on her stellar 2nd term report card for homework last...
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