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Here's Your Graduation Gift: Some Advice
What you do - and how you do it - is now on you, and only you. Others can give you advice and support. But they cannot make your decisions....read more
A Goal Without Feasibility is a Dream
Follow a SMART path when deciding this essential part of your Strategic Plan....read more
How Leaders, Including Kings, Really Earn Respect
Leaders need to take the time to understand how respect is given and received in cultures and groups other than the ones they think of as ‘normal.’...read more
Let's Look at COVID-19 Crisis: Here's What is Good
By identifying what WAS working, the remarkable men and women at NASA eventually figured out how to help the Apollo 13 astronauts survive and return safely to Earth....read more
Take It From Adam: Time Will Help Us Heal, Grow
Life will return to normal, and it will be better. Be like Adam, though. Give it time....read more
5 Lessons Old Abe Taught Us About Leadership
Perhaps his imperfections are why we can appreciate his adept ability to lead - especially through our country's most dire political epoch....read more
How Strategic Plan Facilitators Herd the Cats
Independent facilitators can make the process purr. They help their clients find common objectives and develop a way to achieve them....read more
How to Avoid Social Media Nightmares
Pretend everything you write will be read aloud, in a court, in front of a jury....read more
How Culture Impacts the Bottom Line
Overwhelmingly, healthy corporate culture is essential for a company to thrive....read more
Dad's Pitches Help Us Hit Home Runs in Life
Dad was teaching (in unabashed baseball lingo) life lessons to his children and the neighborhood kids he invited to grab a glove....read more
Don't Move: Three Ways to NOT Make Decisions
If you would like to dig in, get stuck, and stay buried in the All or Nothing, here is how to proceed....read more
Curiosity Creates the Questions; Questions Create the Future
The WHAT IF questions are not easy. They require curiosity. They require risk....read more
Leaders Light Fires Within, Not Under
Who honestly feels inspired and committed after receiving a flaming email from your boss or a butt chewing in a staff meeting?...read more
Leaders Need More Than A Bat Signal
Leaders who are successful because they are excellent communicators have these common practices....read more
3 Tips On Surviving The Leadership Rodeo
Your team usually knows the truth. You know they know the truth. So, don't BS them....read more
Failure Always Should Be An Option
Great progress often has come from lessons of collapse....read more
We Share Responsibility for a Wonderful Life
Good workers come from communities that have excellent education opportunities, proactive social service programs and favorable quality of life....read more
Setting the Stage for Wise Words
My Grandpa was not one to waste words nor pass an opportunity to speak strategically....read more
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