Where Will You Be Five Years From Today?

Five years. Think about it for a minute… 260 weeks; 1,825 days; 2,333,000 minutes. What will you do with it? What could you do with it? Each year life offers itself to us in an endless number of ways. Each moment comes to us with both hands filled with gifts, marvels, opportunities and adventures but [...]

Hey Leaders: What Are You Reading Now?

So many books…so little time! I have a passion for books.  Real, hard cover books that I can hold in my hand, turn the pages of, write in or highlight key phrases, put on the shelf and then take down to once again read inspirational or thought provoking sections. I am not an e-book kind [...]

Leaders: 5 New Rules for Interviewing

With the end of a difficult economic year approaching and the beginning of a new decade just around that same corner, many people will be getting back into the hunt for a new job or a new career soon. With unemployment up to historical highs, and the number of people dissatisfied with their current job at 65%, employers can [...]

Managing Mondays: There’s Karma in Leadership

“Karma is a funny thing.” It displays itself in many forms, is caused by what you do and affects all that happens to you. The results of your leadership in part is determined by karma. How you lead your team establishes what you get back from them. This is the story of Paul a manager [...]

‘Twas The Night In The Boardroom

…With Apologies to Clement Clarke Moore… ‘Twas a week before Christmas and all through the firm, The rumors were spreading like vaccine-resistant germs. The staff members huddled in the conference room, scared— Aware that the big boss soon would be there. The top dog’s the founder—kind of set in his ways. He’s led by oppression [...]

On Leadership, Courage, and Ruby Slippers

How far does your courage stretch? As Leaders, we often have to make unpopular decisions that can have a devastating impact on the lives of real people. I have dealt with my fair share of disciplinaries which have resulted in dismissal, or redundancy situations where human beings that I have cared about have had to [...]

A Tiger’s Only Human, After All…

Concerning the recent news about Tiger Woods and the trouble he is having these days, what’s the news that no one is talking about?  That Tiger had an affair (or two or ten… or fourteen)?  That his wife is considering sending him packing?  That his sponsors are dumping him?  That we’re all so horribly disappointed that the [...]

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