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Celia Fidalgo

The one thing you can do on a weekly basis to get the best out of your teams

The one thing you can do on a weekly basis to get the best out of your teams

Ever since reading Billion Dollar Coach about the legendary executive coach Bill Campbell, I’ve been obsessed with how to be a better manager, colleague, feedback-giver, and leader. One of the principles of being a good coach is being able to fire up a team and get them energized to

When pain isn't leading to growth, find purpose

To anyone who's worked in healthcare or encountered severe illness or disease, it's clear that the expression “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” is one that requires some caveats, to put it mildly. That is to say, not all pain is good. There’s

Why facts fail and how to influence without them

My mind was blown by the most recent book I read – Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss. Expecting a smarmy-feeling encyclopedia of manipulation tactics, my expectations were perfectly opposed to Voss's true thesis. It's not at all the book I thought it was. As a

Your hidden powers of persuasion: Five ways to influence other people

Your hidden powers of persuasion: Five ways to influence other people

I'm fascinated by the micro ways we impact others. How, if we're thoughtful, we can craft our words and actions in ways that cause others to react differently than they would have otherwise. This shows up for me professionally, where being a manager and working in

Zero Expectations

Zero Expectations

I avidly follow Gary Vee. I took a while to come around to him, but once I did, he became someone who's content I consistently revisit. I find his core messages intuitive and inspiring. For example: happiness > financial success, the value of being compassionate to other people

Three techniques for better decision making

Three techniques for better decision making

We make thousands of decisions everyday. We decide so reflexively that it's rare we stop to think about how we're making our choices. What criteria are we weighing? What would a good or a bad outcome look like? What was the outcome of the last relevant