Here’s one entrepreneur’s view on creating opportunity… This is from Biz Stone, one of the original co-founders of social media giant Twitter: “I grew up in a very affluent town, but my parents divorced when I was young. My father wasn’t much involved in my life, and we were poor. Many kids I knew played … Read more
Listening can feel harder to do than ever. That seems even more true in a world where many of us are still ‘socially-distanced’ and dealing with online-only ‘remote teams.’ Now more than ever we can use a tool for better listening that will cut through all the noise. There’s always going to be outside distractions. … Read more
Over the past few months, COVID-19 has created historic disruptions and changes to the way we work and live – on a local, regional, national, and even international scale. Our challenge as leaders is to continue to apply the appropriate adaptive leadership skills in order to lead our teams and organizations from the front. Let’s … Read more
“If Passion drives, then let Reason hold the reins.” — Benjamin Franklin Hopefully, all of us have been able to serve with leaders at some point in our careers who demonstrated a tendency toward sound judgment – “interpretation of the evidence that points to the right choice.” [1] When confronted with difficult circumstances, widely … Read more
Here we are, in the midst of historic disruptions and changes to the way we work and live – on a local, regional, national, and even international scale…..who would have envisioned this turn of events only a couple of months ago? Our challenge now as leaders is to adapt and lead our teams and organizations … Read more
Let us make a special effort to stop communicating with each other, so we can have some conversation. — Mark Twain One of my favorite Aretha Franklin songs is “Call Me” (1970), where she poignantly sings to the person she loves to stay connected while they are apart by calling her. And, in this … Read more
