Tag Archives: business management
Where would you like YOUR Goof Plate?
Just talked to my wonderful graphic designer, Cathy Rodriguez, who can take my words and turn them into the most fun, original slides. But she was not having fun this morning. Electricians who cut a hole in the ceiling for lighting had made the hole much bigger than the lighting fixture. However, they said, “No [...]
Maid for Leadership
Not a misspelling. I do mean “maid”. You know—a housekeeper. Leadership is what I see in the three times now that Angelica has come to our house to clean. I hope she stays on my payroll until one of us retires! All leadership starts with self-leadership as serving as a role model for others. If [...]
Meeting Planners Know Value!
My colleague, Scott McKain just returned from addressing a major conference and spoke to the meeting planner about the previous year’s meeting. She said, “We had industry experts, not professional speakers.” He naturally had to follow up with, “Why did you have one for this year’s meeting?” Her great response: “Industry experts are boring. We [...]
Meaningful Talk Makes People Happier
The March issue of Psychological Science reported a study that found the happiest participants had twice as many substantive conversations and one-third as much small talk as the unhappiest. Scientists at the University of Tucson and Washington University discovered that meaningful and deep conversations are a critical differentiators between happy and unhappy people. Yahoo— here’s [...]
Commerce for Peace; Leaders Listen Up
A few weeks ago, I had the privilege of addressing the American Chamber of Commerce Executives. Despite the association’s name, these are CEOs and senior managers running chambers around the U.S. as well as in such countries as Vietnam, Argentina, Japan, and Norway. Lars-Kåre Legernes, Managing Director of the Oslo Chamber of Commerce, was in [...]
From the World’s Highest Mountains-Lessons for Leaders
One of Carl Jung’s favorite words was “synchronicity”, that unexplainable convergence of unplanned events which offer insights and opportunities. When I agreed to join a trekking expedition through two remote provinces of the Indian Himalayas, I had no way of knowing that this adventure would coincide with the publication of my latest book, Gifts from [...]