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What Dwight D. Eisenhower Said About Leadership
“Leadership: the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mom’s Messages-Forget Text and Email
For 15 long days, Mom refused food and water, shrinking her already tiny self into maybe a scant 80 pounds. Whatever energy she had left, when she wasn’t sleeping, was reserved to nod yes and no to questions and mouth the words, “I love you too.” Kneeling beside her bed, with my face close to [...]
Find Out Why Your Employees Stay
If employee retention has recently become a problem do something more than exit interviews with those that leave. Gather your long-term employees and interview them. Find out why they’ve stayed. Look for tangible and intangible reasons. In addition to finding out what benefits are the most enticing you’ll want to ask about their feelings. You [...]
World Economic Forum-Davos Finally Gets it right!
Women are the way forward. Finally, beginning today – Feb 1- some of the most powerful companies in the U.S(Coca-Cola, Accenture, and others) are signing a worldwide pledge to bring women into the economic mainstream. And not a second too soon. They are finally beginning to understand what development experts have known all along: women [...]
How To Cope With Change
Dr. Steve Frisch, Psy.D. has written an article “How To Cope With Change“. He shares many of my views and a particular quote I liked is “We create comfort in our lives by striking a balance between all the things that pull and tug at our time and attention. A fancy word for this balance [...]
Stressed Out? Find Out How Much!
The venerable Mayo Clinic has provided a handy tool online for rating your stress assessment. There are just a few easy questions to answer. At the end you’ll receive a rating of low, moderate or high and some suggestions on how to cope.
Forty Experts Talk About Employee Engagement ONLNE!!!
QUIT but STAYED? Employee Engagement livecast!!! Over 5000 people registered for the Blanchard Livecast on Jan 25—I’m one of 40 thought leaders presenting, check it out ow.ly/8zw5x #quitandstay It is a brainchild of The Blanchard Companies and promises to be a rich endeavor. So rich, you will probably want to have access to the downloads. [...]
I Am A Top5 Speaker Honoree For 2012
I’ve just been notified by Speakers Platform that I have been awarded the Top5 Speaker designation in Team Building / Leadership for the second year in a row! Each year, Speakers Platform recognizes five speakers within fifteen popular topic areas. Recognition of excellence in speaking is based on: expertise, professionalism, client testimonials & references, presentation [...]
Life Is Either A Daring Adventure Or It Is Nothing At All
At age almost 96 and on hospice, mom moves up and down like a roller coaster. We call her YoYoMa, one of our ways of staying sane when our hearts are so heavy. Yesterday morning, she would not open her eyes or acknowledge I was there. But in the afternoon, when I returned to see [...]
From The Mountain – Resiliency Insights for 2012
I am on retreat at my wonderful spiritual center that crouches at the base of a mountain range towering over Montecito, CA and the distant Channel Islands. Every year, I make a self-pilgrimage to the top of El Cielo. It’s a 4.3 mile hike from the center to the ridge line. This is my 16th [...]