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    Defining Moments - Short, Memorable, and Meaningful Experiences
    • 2 days ago
    • 6 min

    Defining Moments - Short, Memorable, and Meaningful Experiences

    “Our lives are measured in moments, and defining moments are the ones that endure in our memories.” -Chip Heath & Dan Heath In The Power...
    Values-Based Leadership
    • Jul 1
    • 4 min

    Values-Based Leadership

    Professor Harry M. Jansen Kraemer, Jr. of Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management says a values-based leader aims to...
    How Steve Jobs Reframed The Competition To Rally The Troops
    • Jun 2
    • 3 min

    How Steve Jobs Reframed The Competition To Rally The Troops

    Photo: Screenshots of Apple 1984 Super Bowl TV Commercial I have been in companies that operated with an extremely competitive culture...
    Why the Ability to Rethink & Unlearn Is So Important
    • May 3
    • 3 min

    Why the Ability to Rethink & Unlearn Is So Important

    A terrific book I finished last year (in 2021) is Think Again by Adam Grant. Grant says the ability to rethink (or think again) and...
    Book Review — Promotions Are So Yesterday by Julie Winkle Giulioni
    • Apr 13
    • 8 min

    Book Review — Promotions Are So Yesterday by Julie Winkle Giulioni

    “The time-honored tradition of defining career development in terms of promotions, moves, or title changes is dead.” -Julie Winkle...
    Exploring Mindfulness, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), and The MBSR Online Course
    • Feb 8
    • 20 min

    Exploring Mindfulness, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), and The MBSR Online Course

    To ensure that I don’t overwhelm the reader, I have divided the article into SECTIONS: In SECTION 1, I’ll talk about the concept, origin,...
    Book Review – LEAD NOW!: A Personal Leadership Coaching Guide for Results-Driven Leaders (2nd ed.)
    • Dec 1, 2021
    • 13 min

    Book Review – LEAD NOW!: A Personal Leadership Coaching Guide for Results-Driven Leaders (2nd ed.)

    “Leadership is a future-oriented ability to establish direction, align people, and help others to work together. We believe a leader is...
    How to be a Good Internal Consultant
    • Oct 11, 2021
    • 6 min

    How to be a Good Internal Consultant

    As an internal consultant and a member of an internal consulting team (although “internal consultant” or “internal consulting” is not in...
    Small Acts of Kindness Can Matter So Much
    • Sep 13, 2021
    • 5 min

    Small Acts of Kindness Can Matter So Much

    Kindness From a Stranger This is the first time I’ve shared this story. It’s not earth-shattering, traumatic, or dramatic, just a small...
    Book Review — Influence and Impact: Discover and Excel at What Your Organization Needs From You The
    • Aug 18, 2021
    • 11 min

    Book Review — Influence and Impact: Discover and Excel at What Your Organization Needs From You The

    “What we have found, again and again, is that people tend to underperform because they do what is comfortable, what is familiar, or what...
    Book Summary & Review — Anxiety at Work: 8 Strategies to Help Teams Build Resilience, Handle Unc
    • Jun 1, 2021
    • 19 min

    Book Summary & Review — Anxiety at Work: 8 Strategies to Help Teams Build Resilience, Handle Unc

    According to Adrian Gostick, one of the main reasons for writing the book had to do with his (now) 25-year-old son, Anthony (Tony)...
    What Burnout Is and Why It Isn’t Confined To The Occupational Sphere
    • May 17, 2021
    • 10 min

    What Burnout Is and Why It Isn’t Confined To The Occupational Sphere

    What Is Burnout? Burnout isn’t just being tired or “fed up” with work. “Burnout is far more than feeling blue or having a bad day. It is...
    How to Give Direct and Clear Feedback
    • Feb 22, 2021
    • 7 min

    How to Give Direct and Clear Feedback

    From front-line leaders all the way up to C-suite leaders, I have seen, time and time again, how managers have made a mess in delivering...
    I Felt the Fear and Did It Anyway – The Risk I Took to Blossom
    • Jan 26, 2021
    • 3 min

    I Felt the Fear and Did It Anyway – The Risk I Took to Blossom

    “And then the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” -Anaïs Nin Today —...
    Resilience Is Adapting Successfully to Adversity, Hardship, and Tragedy
    • Dec 30, 2020
    • 8 min

    Resilience Is Adapting Successfully to Adversity, Hardship, and Tragedy

    “The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived.” -Robert Jordan, The Fires of Heaven Looking Back at...
    Can video conferencing apps mimic or replace human-to-human connection?
    • Nov 5, 2020
    • 2 min

    Can video conferencing apps mimic or replace human-to-human connection?

    I was contacted by a journalist writing a story about workplace communication, why human beings need human-to-human connection in the...
    Blocked Personal Learners Don’t See Value in Self-Development
    • Oct 5, 2020
    • 6 min

    Blocked Personal Learners Don’t See Value in Self-Development

    “Growth is the great separator between those who succeed and those who do not. When I see a person beginning to separate themselves from...
    Three Leadership Derailing Behaviors
    • Sep 1, 2020
    • 4 min

    Three Leadership Derailing Behaviors

    Leaders exhibit common bad habits and researchers have pinpointed specific behaviors that can derail a person’s career (Lombardo &...
    To Engage and Retain Employees Provide a “Mini” Job Rotation During Employee Orientation
    • Aug 3, 2020
    • 6 min

    To Engage and Retain Employees Provide a “Mini” Job Rotation During Employee Orientation

    Have you noticed that, in many companies, employees often have no clue what many of the other employees in other functions do to support...
    What You Should Know About Leadership Development Training
    • Jul 1, 2020
    • 13 min

    What You Should Know About Leadership Development Training

    I’ve spent more than a decade working in three related and intersecting fields: Training, Learning & Development, and Leadership...
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