If you have ever encountered someone with a shocking lack of empathy (and we all have), chances are good that they also struggle with Emotional...
We have all felt this way at times: we’re bored. New ideas feel “meh.” We have no sense that we’re getting anywhere. What...
Low Self-Regard, often a by-product of perfectionism, will make you miserable and rob the world of your gifts in the process. Let's not allow that...
To understand complex traits like emotional intelligence or personality, we create theoretical models. These models are useful not only in...
We know what you're thinking: TLDR. But don't give up! It's a five-minute read - a thousand words to answer a very big question that has a very big...
Need to call employees back to the office? Or maybe you're being called back yourself? Retexo co-owner Martha Walker offers a quick, positive...
What is emotional intelligence and why do we care?
Retexo offers tools for personal, interpersonal, and cultural growth. The context in which we...
"You will never get people to perform better by making them feel worse." Retexo co-owner Martha Walker explores a different approach to the topic...
We got hacked. And while IT security is certainly not our typical blog content, I thought it worth sharing in hope that it might spare a fellow...
Does your instinct to defend and protect who you are, today, thwart your ability to grow into who you need to become? Retexo co-owner Martha Walker...
Leaders, supervisors, managers... Does your job description include "lifting people up"? Why would it? What's in it for you? Retexo co-owner Martha...
Need a redo? A "redemption round"? Retexo co-owner Martha Walker discusses New Beginnings in business (and in the rest of our lives). What can you...
Personality tests, and personality psychology in general, are topics fraught with disagreement and controversy. In fact, it was only after much...
Witness, in this image, both the beginning and the end of my conversation with this suspicious whitetail buck. As soon as his eyes locked with...
I can still hear the soft pops of rain falling on the brim of my hat as I walked along a muddy trail through a dark forest in Costa Rica lowlands,...
I am not the first to predict that Karl Deisseroth, MD, PhD, will someday be taking an all-expenses-paid trip to Stockholm in December.
Dr....
Middle management is a tricky business. And by “middle,” I mean those treacherous roles where you are not the CEO and sole proprietor,...
Throughout our relationship, Martha has established a consistent pattern of signing me up for things I would never do on my own. And while this...
Imagine the most stereotypical cave-dwelling monk you can muster. Let’s call him Chuck. Chuck the Monk was long-haired, bony, slightly...
Employee expectations have fundamentally shifted during the pandemic. As a result, organizations can expect large talent shifts to occur in the...
Alas! It has been many, many months in the making, but our new(est) website is now LIVE! I don’t know if any of you have ever had to market...