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Yes, We Can Ride This Wave.
I find myself riding the roller coaster these days, dipping down into the trough on news of the latest harms and offenses, and rising back up with a persistent focus on love and hope.

Confidence in Inclusive Loving Leadership
“The message was always: you could have done more—not 'thank you for what you've done,'” Joan recalled. Continue reading this blog to learn more about two distinct real-life workplace experiences that defined a research participant’s life.

Building Real Connections in a Digital World
When our hearts are breaking, when we are grieving, worrying and uncertain, which way do we turn? Literally which way - to our phones or to each other IRL?

What Will Your Loving Legacy Be?
In our family, “heritage gifts” started out as everyday possessions mom or dad would wrap up and bestow on a younger family member as a beloved treasure. Think worn slippers, old art, household objects, books, favorite pieces of clothing, jewelry. Lucky us! 😉 But the real heritage gifts we treasure most can’t be wrapped with a bow.

Start with Self-Love: Today, Not Someday
Loving Yourself is the one that most people struggle with. And so with that in mind, my nudge to you Loving Leader is this…

Loving Yourself Can’t Come Last
I've been doing a lot of Loving Leader Assessments recently. I'm seeing an important pattern I want to share with you because it probably applies to you too! One crucial component consistently ranks the lower than the other three when leaders take our Loving Leader Assessment: loving yourself!

The Strength to Love
If ever there was a time to turn to the wisdom of those who have gone before through their own trials and fires, who sought guidance from those who went before them, and then left us their example and insights, this is the time.

Helping Them Find the Way
I grew to appreciate that this incident happened to remind me of the opportunity we have as Loving Leaders to make a difference for people trying to find their way.

Making Space for Different Experiences in the Workplace
Acknowledge that you all may be having different experiences and that you can support each other in whatever is true for each one. This openness doesn’t in any way diminish joy or gloss over sorrow.

Incite Love, Shall We?
Enough with “inciting violence” and “inciting hatred.” Let's take it back from “inciting riots” or “inciting lawbreaking.” No! Let us instead lay claim to this word and “incite Love.”

Words of Love at Work?
My observation here is really about the difference tenderness can make across society. Words matter. And how we speak to each other as adults matters and has ripples into lives.

Here’s What You Can Do, Loving Leader
Every single human just wants to be seen, to matter, to belong. It is traumatizing to be invisible. And as I ponder this, I remember there IS a change that I can bring, that you can bring too, Loving Leader.

The Mountain is Out
We have a saying in the South Puget Sound, “Live like the Mountain is out.” This means that even if the Mountain is covered in clouds, and we can't see it, we know it’s there. We can live with the same vigor as we would on a clear day. We need that in our work too!

Breaking the Cycle of Fear With Love
'Tis the season to plan for love in the face of fear. With rising uncertainties, with holiday stress mounting, with anxiety from anticipated changes and threats, many people we work with or see each day are moving through the world in fear.

I Answered Her Call
Today a friend called. At just the right moment, she dialed my number. I kept coming to her mind. She didn't text me. She didn't reach out to set up a time.

A Not-So-Random Encounter
Jim and I found our seats in the Studebaker Theater in downtown Chicago. With a friendly greeting to our aisle mates, an older woman and a younger man stood so we could slip by. We quickly took our seats and soon the show began.

What Does It Mean to be “Invited” to a “Gathering”?
What does it mean to be “invited” to a “gathering”? Not mandated to attend. Not voluntold. Not required. Invited. And not to a meeting or a training or a workshop; not a brownbag or a stand-up or a huddle; not a townhall or coffee with the CEO.

Meeting the “World Champion”
Can you imagine meeting THE “World Champion” in your field?
This week I did!
I met Craig Valentine, the World Champion of Public Speaking 1999!

Compassionate Action in Loving Leadership: Here’s How It Works
All Loving Leadership begins with empathy and proceeds to compassionate actions that create love.

Loving Actions that Connect
Connection! We thrive on it. Some of us in small, occasional doses; others with high volume and frequency. But we all need human connection to be safe and healthy.
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