leadership | leadership
Oct.17.2010
It’s hard to pick up a newspaper (yes, some people still read the morning news in print form) or listen to the news these days without hearing stories related to gay rights. The saddest stories involve the death of tormented youth such as 18-year-old violinist and Rutger’s freshman Tyler Clementi...
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Oct.17.2010
You Have To Consider New Things
1. Lessons about work and career are wherever you find them. Team effort can be learned by studying an ant colony or attending a choral concert.
2. Enthusiasm reflects confidence, spreads good cheer, raises morale, inspires associates, arouses loyalty, laughs at...
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Sep.17.2010
I’ve always been very entrepreneurial. Even as a child, I loved to create little businesses. But there was a time when I moved from being an entrepreneur, to being a social entrepreneur. Peter Samuelson, film director and founder of Starlight Children’s Foundation, encapsulated that pivotal...
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Jul.08.2010
There they are on the wall. Framed. Possibly even in plaque form. There are 6 of them. (I don’t know why but corporate values most often seem to come in batches of 6.) They look beautiful. And if you ask any employee in the company s/he can probably name 2 or 3 of them without looking at the plaque...
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Jul.07.2010
High on a redwood-flanked ridge top overlooking nearly all of Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz county, Mt. Madonna School and Conference Center are hosting a Chautauqua on learning and leadership. There is a palpable sense of inquiry, positive regard and respect for what is possible.
"How do...
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Jan.08.2010
I didn’t set out to write a book – well, I did and do have three novels in various stages of completion, but what writer doesn’t. I was perfectly content to do free lance articles on a broad universe of subjects. It doesn’t pay as much as a bestselling book could, and you don’t get the same...
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Dec.29.2009
The Ralph Bunche Library at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, DC, has added two new titles to its holdings. "Things I Learned From My Grandmother About Leadership and Life" and "Taking Charge: Effective Leadership for the Twenty-First Century" were added to the library...
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Sep.26.2009
In reading the incredible thought-provoking book, GET OUT OF YOUR OWN WAY: The 5 Keys to Surpassing Everyone's Expectations written by Robert K. Cooper, PhD, I became fascinated by the idea of whether our emotions could actually be our "gold" in accomplishing and achieving instead of...
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Sep.14.2009
I have been doing a great deal of thinking about resilience. At the very core is the fact that there is a loss and a requirement to continue on, to fill the empty place. Sometimes we can look to the tricks and turns of nature. There are those who have loses from hurricanes, floods, fires, even...
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Sep.11.2009
On this Memorial day, remembering September 11, 2001, I would like to honor all the heroes who gave of themselves to help during and after the World Trade Center catastrophe. It changed who we are and how we view the world. It continues to change us. It is also bringing to the forefront a new...
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