The Tilted Edge

Happiness comes from consistently doing the right thing

pam@tilt365.com — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 21:39:36 GMT

The right to pursue happiness is one of the most fundamental benefits of democracy. It is crucial to overall well-being. And it is uniquely human for us to want it. Human beings are known to have the capacity for reasoning, so we don’t just live to eat, grow, and propagate our species like many plants and animals. We also have the capacity for awareness of our experience. This prompts us to consider what can enhance our positive experience of life.

We are Tilters—coaches, teachers, and change-makers at Tilt

erika@tilt365.com (Erika Bill Peter) — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 15:26:44 GMT

At Tilt, we offer a distinctive approach to personality development—one that focuses on the whole person. Our goal? To help people become more agile, balanced, and authentic leaders and individuals.

Is Aristotle’s Golden Mean the Key to Overcoming Workplace Divisiveness?

Admin — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 16:50:33 GMT

In today’s fast-paced and often polarized work environment, team dynamics and office politics can easily become sources of friction. Many organizations turn to personality and character assessments to foster self-awareness, improve communication, and enhance team collaboration. However, the principles behind these modern tools are far from new. More than 2,000 years ago, the Greek philosopher Aristotle introduced the Golden Mean, a framework for achieving balance in thought and behavior—a concept that remains relevant for addressing workplace conflicts today.

Team Dysfunction: Four Key Factors Leaders Can Reflect on to Create a Generative Work Culture

Admin — Thu, 10 Oct 2024 18:28:20 GMT

Workplace team dysfunction is a challenge that can derail progress, productivity, and morale. A strong, collaborative culture is at the heart of a thriving team, but when dysfunction takes root, it can feel like chaos and confusion have taken over. Leaders often focus on external factors to solve these issues, but a more robust approach lies in introspection. By looking in the mirror and addressing these four key factors—Personality Clash, Lack of Motivation, Communication Breakdown, and Lack of Trust—leaders can transform dysfunction into a generative work culture that fosters creativity, collaboration, and growth.

4 Clues to Identify a Toxic Leader

pam@tilt365.com — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 23:45:26 GMT

4 Clues To Identify a Toxic Leader

What makes a great leader? A transformational leader can see the opportunities in turmoil and inspire people to follow them to a better future. This has never been more important than in our current world situation. Managing employee productivity and performance needs to be combined with working remotely and overcoming new problems, all while maintaining psychological health, positive morale, and a strong organizational culture.

How To Create An Agile Team Culture

pam@tilt365.com — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 00:01:15 GMT

Everyone is talking about “agile.” Agile culture. Agile executive. Agile organization. Now that it’s reached popularity in the masses, the term has become muddled, overused, and distorted into “something we’re doing” without understanding what it means. Yet, it is crucial to a team’s ability to move quickly and innovate to drive competitive relevance. Most leaders don’t know that it's much more than “flexible” or “adaptive,” words often used interchangeably for agile.

Benefits of Growth Mindset, Generativity, and Thriving

Admin — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 00:01:09 GMT

Resistance and Analysis Paralysis - Workplace Stress

pam@tilt365.com — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 00:01:02 GMT

Stress Symptom # 4: Resistance and Analysis Paralysis which can lead to stagnation if it becomes chronic.

The fourth stress reaction is a reaction to the perceived loss of value or status driven by an unconscious fear of harmful intentions by those who are more powerful. This pattern often arises from a perception of problematic and detrimental family circumstances early in life that led to a loss of hope about the world. The story (life script) manifests itself as a great effort to make things better by preparing more carefully and avoiding the many risks that may result. The stress arises whenever others initiate a change without consulting them, mainly if authority figures undertake that change. What this is about underneath is a perceived loss of value and status with influential authority figures. Since the underlying desire is to be valued and essential, the fear is they will be ignored or overlooked. This concern is because they perceive themselves as the keeper of peace and the protector from harm. The story is that "if only the others listened, they would see all of the troubles that could unfold if they don't listen to what I know." In this story, the goal is to be prepared to preserve hope. Inherent in this story's mindset is an unconscious feeling of powerlessness, which is also the greatest fear.

Are You Sacrificing Your Well-Being for Work? How to Stop Burnout in Its Tracks

bob@tilt365.com — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 00:00:54 GMT

The wake-up call

See if this sounds familiar. Your days always seem too short for the amount of work you set out to complete. To keep from falling behind, you constantly feel like you’re spending extra time trying to catch up. The time, however, winds up being less than productive, so now you’re right back where you started. Your creative energy is sapped, and your tank is empty. All the training you’ve ever had tells you to pick yourself up, dust yourself off and keep going. “You need to suck it up and keep going,” your inner voice commands. “Power on by whatever means necessary."

12 Key Character Strengths that Develop Generativity

Admin — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 00:00:48 GMT

The psychoanalyst Erik Erikson coined the term ‘generativity’, defining it as ‘a concern for establishing and guiding the next generation.’ At Tilt, our mission is to educate people about how to leverage character strengths that shift behaviors from being divisive and polarizing to integrative and sustainable–both of which are elements of generative culture. Simply stated, generativity ensures that a person or institution is concerned with the well-being and success of future generations (and the world as a whole) in a sustainable manner.