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Here’s to Calm Partnerships

October 22, 2019October 22, 2019 by Lori Gibson-Washington

Lori Gibson-Washington

My writing partner, Paul M. Wood and I have been working weekly, for 3 years, on a Leadership book - The ABCs of R3Leadership. More about that on another post. This pic is of me and another work partner, Vangie Lopez. (I love partnering with others. The laughter and genius…

The ABCs of R3 Leadership; A is for Accountability: Baton or Bat? It’s the Accountable Leaders Who Make Sweet Music

September 3, 2019September 25, 2019 by Lori Gibson-Washington

Lori Gibson-Washington

ABCs: A is for Accountability As promised in our initial blog post - The ABCs of R3 Leadership - we, Paul M. Wood and Lori Gibson Washington, are writing about the ABCs of R3 Leadership; the A-Z of good and not-so-good leadership characteristics. Paul's first post of his satirical serial,…

B is for Bats*^t Crazy: Maximum Miasma at the C-Level

July 13, 2019October 20, 2019 by Paul M. Wood

Paul M. Wood

The Circus of Despicables' Story: Maximum Miasma at the C-Level The tight cluster of formerly top exec lemmings jostled as if for slaughter in the basement of the new corporate headquarters. The air was toxic with fresh paint fumes and a clammy wetness arising from industrial carpet soggy with swamp…

A foul stench lingered to herald the coming of the elusive spectre

A is for Accountability: An Elusive Spectre Wades into the Swamp

June 15, 2019September 25, 2019 by Paul M. Wood

Paul M. Wood

THE CIRCUS OF DESPICABLES' STORY The "Shero" A foul stench lingered to herald the coming of the elusive spectre of new rulers. At midnight of the overthrow, Chima Fox caught a sobering whiff from the putrid swamp twenty stories below. This seemed an appropriate stinkiness to announce the parade of…

The ABCs of R3 Leadership

May 30, 2019June 28, 2019 by Lori Gibson-Washington

Lori Gibson-Washington

It was August 2016. Lori Gibson-Washington and Paul M. Wood met celebrating a mutual friend's birthday. Unintentionally, we started talking about good and not-so-good leadership characteristics. We bonded over a mixture of Pinot Noir and tequila. (Yes, the 2 liquids were in the same glass. That's a story for another…

The Calming Coach – Brave Girls are Honest

May 25, 2019June 13, 2019 by Lori Gibson-Washington

Lori Gibson-Washington

The Calming Coach, aka, Gibson Washington Consulting, can help you go from brutal honesty to silky candor. So you might be saying "why should I care?" The Calming Coach says "Brave Girls calmly speak their truth and get their messages across" Did you know that brave doesn't always mean brutal? Especially…

Sugar/Salt: Call Your Confidante, She’s Disguised as a Life Coach

October 4, 2017October 4, 2017 by Lori Gibson-Washington

Lori Gibson-Washington

Sometimes you need a Life Coach, a Confidante, to check in with to distinguish "the salt from the sugar". How many times have you excitedly decided on your life's purpose? The sweetness, the sugar of your life. You tell a few people about your new purpose-driven sweetness. Your friends and…

The Story of the Calming Coach

July 11, 2017August 10, 2017 by Lori Gibson-Washington

Lori Gibson-Washington

On Good Friday 1996, I started a boutique consulting firm Gibson Washington Consulting. Our primary focus was to help leaders find their charisma-their own personal power. We also facilitated workshops on differences-in values, communications styles, cultural and ethnic backgrounds-and their relationship to conflict. We're still doing that AND on Good…

Building Trust and Calm in a World of Chaos

June 16, 2017October 4, 2017 by Lori Gibson-Washington

Lori Gibson-Washington

A Gentle Nudge Deserves a Wink, a Smile, or a Thank You! I love sending my clients gentle nudges. You know as in "nuhj" - "to push slightly or gently, especially with the elbow, to get someone's attention, prod someone into action..." vs. "noodge" - Yiddish for "persistently pester, annoy,…