Roger K. Allen's Blog, page 15

Parenting Course on Audio

Hi My Friend,

I wanted to make a quick announcement that I’m converting some of my content into audio products and publishing them through Listenable, an audio app for people who want great educational content wherever they go.

I just published a short version (1 hour and 9 minutes) of my parenting course. Here’s a link:

https://listenable.io/web/courses/115...

By the way, you can try Listenable for free for 7 days. If you want to continue, the...

Opening Your Heart to the Love Inside

I recently read an analogy about love written by Don Luis Miguel called the magical kitchen. I want to share and also expand on his analogy in my post today. It’s about opening your heart to the love inside.

The Magical Kitchen

Imagine that you have a magical kitchen. You have any food you want from any place in the world and in any quantity. You never have to worry about what to eat because whatever you wish for will always be at your table. You have enough for yourself and others. People come...

Leadership to Engage Hearts and Minds–Free Enrollment

Hi my friend,

I have just launched my new course entitled “Leadership to Engage Hearts and Minds: 17 Tools to Improve Your Team Management and Build Employee Engagement.”

As a thank you to my email subscribers, I’m offering the course to you free (full price $99) if you enroll in the next three days.

The course is for anyone who leads/supervises/manages people (even in volunteer organizations). It will help you:

Increase the motivation, commitment and engagement of your team members
Create a ...

Are you a Reactive or Proactive Leader?

Research tells us that 70-80% of leaders spend a good deal of their time in a reactive mode. You probably know what I mean. They’re down in the weeds, sometimes fighting fires or dealing with the crisis of the moment or handling day-to-day issues to keep an organization running smoothly. And, I get that some of this is necessary. But I also know that it’s easy to spend too much time in a reactive mode rather than doing what will add most value to your team or organization. So, I invite you to c...

Creating a Culture That Empowers People

In my last blog post, I shared my personal bias that most employees want to succeed. They want to contribute and make a difference. Furthermore, it’s our job as leaders to make this possible by creating a culture which empowers people; a culture in which everyone wants to give their best. Yet so often this does not happen.

Let me share an example from my consulting experience.

I was sitting in the cafeteria of a respected manufacturing company one day having an informal chat with an employee by...

From Delegation to Employee Empowerment

In my transition from practicing psychology to full-time consulting, I was asked to serve as a director of Human Resources for a 2000-person electronics firm in the Pacific Northwest. My initial reaction was “No. I have no training in HR and am not qualified.” However, after some back and forth with the company president, I realized I didn’t need to be an expert in the technical aspects of HR. My job was to provide leadership to a group of capable employees. Once I reframed my role, I learned s...

Our Defining Moment: Standing Tall in a Pandemic

Ive been thinking about my parents lately. They were part of what we commonly refer to today as the greatest generation, those souls born between 1901 to the late 1920s. We call them the greatest generation because they lived through a number of defining moments including World War I, the Spanish Flu epidemic, the great depression and World War II.

Not only did my parents live during these difficult times but they were poor. My mothers family lived for several months in a tent as they were...

How to Face Your Fear

Many people are overwhelmed by fear, uncertainty, stress, and anxiety as the COVID-19 pandemic spreads across the globe. So, my purpose in this article is to give you a process to help you face your feelings and manage your negative emotions during this time of upheaval.

Face your feelings

Understandably, we want to avoid negative emotions. And yet, have you heard the saying that what you resist persists? Avoiding our feelings doesnt make them go away. They just go underground and come out...

Tips to Take Care of Your Emotional Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Were living in a time of anxiety, stress, and uncertainty due to the COVID-19 pandemic. All this stress puts a strain on our mental health and emotional well-being. So, my purpose, in this article, is to offer some tips for reducing your anxiety and improving the emotional health of you and your family during this unusual time. No doubt, you have some thoughts on this subject. Here are mine.

Turn down the noise

Its a natural tendency, during a crisis, to want to consume all the news we can....

Let’s Support Our Loved Ones

Hi my friend,

We are feeling stressed.

So are our loved ones.

Can we lovingly support each other as we ride out this corona virus crisis together? Particularly since we are spending so much time together in our homes?

There are many ways to support each other.

One way is to be attuned and offer our loved ones the gift of a compassionate and listening ear.

Good listening makes it safe for others to talk, to say what they need to say. This brings greater love, unity and goodwill to our...