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Conversation Avoidance Is A Professional Defect

April 19, 2021

I am regularly surprised by the lack of conversational courage in professional circles these days. Not every conversation ends up with a great outcome. Sometimes you have to deliver disappointing information. You…

Feedback Is a Gift, Even When It Is Hard To Hear

March 11, 2021

I live and operate in a professional world where feedback is a part of life. I am fortunate to surround myself with people who pay for the privilege to hear what…

Happy Thanksgiving 2020!

November 25, 2020

In doing my research for this year’s Thanksgiving email, I can across the over a 100-year-old poem, The House By The Side of The Road by Sam Walter Foss (below). I instantly…

Business Advice for Navigating the Current Environment (from a Seasoned Executive Coach)

September 23, 2020

I have the good fortune of working with over 50 businesses on a regular basis. I get to see the good, the bad and the ugly when it comes to leadership…

Loss and Saying Goodbye (to Thumper)

July 6, 2020

It is never easy to lose someone or a pet that you love. It’s a sad aspect of life that when we become close with another living being, that at some point,…

Happy Thanksgiving 2019!

November 27, 2019

I am always drawn to the romantic view of the first Thanksgiving. Not sure this is fully accurate, but the story informs, nonetheless. A group of people new to a foreign land…

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Positive Intelligence by Shirzad Chamine

December 5, 2020

Chapter 1 – Positive Intelligence and PQ Your mind is your best friend, but it is also your worst enemy. Positive Intelligence measures the relative strength of these two modes of your…

Emeralds of Oz by Peter Guzzardi

August 9, 2020

“We must fight the tendency to sleepwalk through our lives, and awaken. This is the fundamental aspect of the Hero’s Journey.” Insight #1: There are no mistakes, only lessons. There…

Manuscript Found in Accra by Paulo Coelho

July 26, 2020

In the cycle of nature, there is no such thing as victory or defeat; There is only movement. And within that cycle there’re neither winners nor losers; There are only stages…

Leadership In War By Andrew Roberts

July 5, 2020

Chapter 1: Napoleon Bonaparte “Napoleon recognized that the best way to inspire his people was through two means: imbuing people with the belief that they were fighting for honor and ideology,…

The Road Less Traveled by M. Scott Peck

July 4, 2020

SECTION ONE – DISCIPLINE Problems and Pain “Life is difficult…This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths. It is a great truth because once we truly see…

Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart by Dr. Gordon Livingston

June 23, 2020

“We are not what we think, or what we say, or how we feel. We are what we do.” “The three components of happiness are something to do, someone to love,…

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Executive Coaching, General Business, Miscellaneous, Your Actions, Your Decisions, Your Knowledge, Your Leadership Role, Your Life, Your Relationships, Your Words

Effective Collaboration Presentation

Mergers & Acquisitions, Strategy, Your Relationships

Leadership Team Performance Accountability Analysis

Human Resources (HR), Leadership, Your Relationships

Leadership Wheel Presentation

Executive Coaching, Leadership, Your Actions, Your Decisions, Your Knowledge, Your Leadership Role, Your Life, Your Relationships

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Ken Blanchard – Servant Leadership

Leadership, Your Leadership Role, Your Relationships

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Leadership, Your Actions, Your Leadership Role, Your Relationships

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Dwight D. Eisenhower: Lessons From The Balancer-In-Chief

At Work, Feeling Good Matters

Good Genes Are Nice, But Joy Is Better

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