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Free Publications, Tools & Videos for Self Reflection

“Every advance, every achievement has been connected with an advance in Self Awareness” Carl Jung

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

BOOK

“A Simple Song—60 People and Maps that Help Me Help”

YPO (Young Presidents’ Organization) Magazine

https://www.ypo.org/2017/07/the-harmful-leadership-habit-of-poor-listening/

https://www.ypo.org/2019/04/16-tips-for-giving-and-receiving-feedback-as-a-leader/

https://www.ypo.org/2020/10/5-tips-to-motivate-your-workforce-with-praise/

https://www.ypo.org/2021/09/feeling-the-need-to-apologize-here-are-some-tips-to-help/ 

https://www.ypo.org/2023/12/four-tips-for-creating-a-feedback-rich-respectful-workplace/ 

Linked In

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/first-do-harm-physicians-organizational-leaders-share-norm-smookler/

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/art-science-feedback-know-thyself-norm-smookler/ 

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/exceptional-advising-assisting-interview-maureen-chant-norm-smookler/ 

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/exceptional-mentoring-a-four-quarter-approach-norm-smookler/ 

Other

Robert Moore interview one page of excerpts

Non-Profit Board Governance excerpts of John Carver model

Peer Support Groups (HBR)

Is Your Forum Transformational (Shirzad Chamine)

Tools

Creating a Feedback-Rich & Respectful Workplace45-minute Self Guided Workbook (12 exercises) in English, French, Spanish and Arabic.
Rate Your Active Listening;Personal Values;Workplace Needs;Four Active Listening Steps;Rate your Assertion;Practicing DES;“Difficult Person” Worksheet;Apologizing;Respect;Trust;Leadership Self Assessment;Resilience: Work/Home Balance

25 Self-Reflection Questions & Exercises

Deep Listening “If You Really Knew Me” Life Review

Sacraments (Psychedelics) Best Practices for Guides & Participants

Exceptional Leader 360 Feedback Tool Description

Exceptional Leader 360 Feedback Tool Sample Report

Exceptional Leader 360 Feedback Tool Growth Map

Exceptional Leader 360 Feedback Tool Self-Guided Debrief

360-based—Guidelines for Mentors

Forum 2 hour meeting Moderator Template and Script

Team Communication Protocols

Dad and Mom Questions

From Age-ing to Sage-ing Exercises (Zalman Schacter-Shalomi)

Power of Affirmation (YPO)

Board Manual Best Practice Example (Telus)

Respectful Workplace One-Page Example (University of Victoria)

 Videos 

Music Short Videos Grieving and Finding Meaning—David Kessler (13 minutes)
Exceptional Leader Feedback Tool Debrief (21 minutes) Happiness Study: Friendships Make a Good Life—Robert Waldinger (13 minutes)
Blind Spots (1 minute) Hope—Jane Goodall  (5 minutes)
Power of Positive Feedback (1 minute) Humility—Nelson Mandela (3 minutes)
Attachment Theory and Styles – Sprout Schools (7 minutes) Leadership—Inspiring Trust—Simon Sinek (12 minutes)
Atomic Habits—James Clear (8 minutes) Meaning and Believing in Others—Viktor Frankel (4 minutes)
Breathing Technique to Relax–Andrew Weil (2 minutes) Midlife—James Hollis (5 minutes)
Checklist Manifesto—Atul Gawande (7 minutes) Money Habits —Thasunda Duckett (4 minutes)
Communication Feedback Model–Johari Window (3 minutes) Motivational Interviewing (2 minutes)
Death—Carl Jung (4 minutes) Myth and the Hero’s Journey—Joseph Campbell (4 minutes)
Death and Ego Death through Psychedelics— Ralph Metzner (3 minutes) Non-Violent Communication—Marshall Rosenberg (2 minutes)
Emotional Intelligence in Leadership—Daniel Goleman (2 minutes) Overcoming Obstacles—Albert Einstein Story (5 minutes)
Empathy—Brene Brown (3 minutes) Parenting Styles (4 minutes)
Epigenetics Nature/Nurture  (4 minutes) Relationships—Bids John & Jule Gottmann (2 minutes)
Family Systems (IFS) and Psychedelics–Richard Swartz (2 minutes) Respect–Rabbi’s Gift Story—Scott Peck (6 minutes)
Feedback —Adam Grant (4 minute) Retirement—How to squeeze all the juice out of it– Riley Moynes (14 minutes)
Flow & Happiness–Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (5 minutes)  Self Compassion—Kristin Neff (2 minutes)
Forgiveness—Desmond Tutu (3 minutes) Shamanism—Michael Harner (7 minutes)
Forest Bathing–Healing in Nature (3 minutes) Sleeping Science—Matt Walker (5 minutes)
Friendships Influence our Brain (4 minutes) Sound Healing Description and Demo—Jonathan Goldman (3 minutes)
Future of Humanity—Yuval Noah Harari (10 minutes) Trauma—Adverse Childhood Experience Screening (ACE)– Burke Harris (15 minutes)
Generosity (3 minutes) Trauma’s Impact on Brain—Bessel van der Kolk (3 minutes)