Jennifer Redmond Knight

As a coalition leader, you likely spend most of your time working with others, but are you able to recognize, understand and empathize with them? While we will never fully know the context, story or situation that our coalition members or partners are experiencing, when we practice the Emotional intelligence concept of social awareness, we […]

Leading coalitions is a lot like caregiving. We check in with our partners, assess how they are participating and engaging, answer questions and find ways to connect them to one another. We may serve as facilitators, mediators and conflict-resolution specialists. While these are important Emotional Intelligence practices, if we are going to do them well,

Coalition building = relationship building. When it comes to relationship-building, we have an ongoing challenge of developing new relationships and sustaining existing ones. While some of us may be more naturally inclined toward relationship-building, we are likely using skills that may not have been “named.” Last week, I participated in a video interview that is

Last week, I led a small group meeting and assumed that the group knew what we were doing and what they were expected to do. I had sent an email inviting them, gave them something to review prior to the meeting and thought that they clearly knew what we were doing. Since several of them

Meetings! Do you love meetings? Do your coalition members love your meetings? Whether you are scheduling, planning, discussing, hosting or following up on them, meetings are a critical component of coalition work.  In our coalitions, we are focused on getting people to work together toward a common purpose or goal. In order to work together,

While a new year often brings new ideas, energy, perspectives and a list of “things to change.” Not everything always needs to change. You may have done some incredible work last year in areas of your life that you would like to remain the same. Perhaps you let yourself go to bed when you were

As we have been reflecting on our four new year’s reflection questions, we are now considering what we want less of this year. If you set a New Year’s resolution or goal and you are already struggling in this area, perhaps your first “less of” is being overly self-critical and adding more self-compassion. Each of

As you reflect upon what is yours to own (last week’s question), a natural next question relates to reflecting upon what you want more of this year. When you take the time to ask this question, we begin to focus and clarify what is really important to you. Once you have gained clarity, you can

This question has become a focus and a goal for me as I begin 2023. In last week’s blog, this was the first of four questions I am encouraging all of us to ask as we begin the new year. For some of us, this is an easier question than others. If you are particularly

Happy new year!  One of my favorite parts of a new year is taking time for reflection, setting new goals and getting a fresh start. We have an opportunity to consider what is most important, create a new ideal week and practice rituals that will support a healthy rhythm. Join me this week as we