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The Energizer Blog


MORE Leadership Lessons Learned in a Canoe
DATELINE: Ontario, Canada and Minnesota, USA We battle 30-knot headwinds across Lake Saganaga.

Eileen McDargh
Oct 3, 20142 min read


60 Years A Nun
Just returned from Columbia, PA and the 60th jubilee celebration of my aunt, Sister Mary Clare Reineberg...

Eileen McDargh
Sep 19, 20141 min read


People Don't Resist Change
I’m getting ready to present a workshop on resiliency for yet another organization going through change.

Eileen McDargh
Sep 13, 20142 min read


Cry Me a River—the Resilient Power of Humor
Watching the news today. Joan River’s death is reported everywhere. Flowers and candles hide her star on Hollywood’s famed sidewalk.

Eileen McDargh
Sep 6, 20142 min read


Monarch Butterfly Magic (ear)Rings True
I’m up to 10 milkweed plants in the garden. Eight of them have been stripped to the bare stalks by voracious caterpillars.

Eileen McDargh
Aug 2, 20142 min read


Why Our Human Compulsion for the Number 3?
What is it about our love for the lowly number three? Amazon lists over two million books that begin with that word.

Eileen McDargh
Jul 26, 20141 min read


The Law of Diminished Returns Kills Productivity, Profits, and Tragically - Sometimes People
In a recent Bloomberg article, “Vacation-Phobic Americans Donate a Million Years of Work Annually,”...

Eileen McDargh
Jul 14, 20142 min read


I’m a New Mom—Kinda...
To my complete amazement, about one week ago, I discovered I was pregnant — pregnant with the possibility for the birth of a Monarch....

Eileen McDargh
Jun 16, 20141 min read


Seattle University Wins A Student-Maybe
My first-born granddaughter will make her decision about what college to enter by May. She has offers from six. All good schools.

Eileen McDargh
May 29, 20141 min read


What would you do it you lost the “tools” of your trade?
As a speaker, facilitator, consultant, I am very much a public person. My stock in trade is talking before others - sometimes thousands.

Eileen McDargh
May 26, 20142 min read


38 Winged Women of WWII–A Memorial
Arlington Cemetery takes one's breath away. So many soldiers. So many lives ended. So many stories to be told on this Memorial Day weekend.

Eileen McDargh
May 25, 20141 min read


Synergy Strikes. Kare Anderson Leaves Me Smiling!
She's an Emmy award winner, fabulous writer, and a brilliant thinker.

Eileen McDargh
May 23, 20141 min read


The One Letter Difference
The UGH became a HUG. Great lesson. Picked me off the floor. Don’t cry for something that won’t cry for you.

Eileen McDargh
May 20, 20141 min read


Balance? Who Holds Your Hand
I am holding the hand of Max, my 16 year-old neighbor, a sweet surfer young man and academic scholar (not mutually exclusive).

Eileen McDargh
May 17, 20141 min read


Presiliency: Preventative Resiliency
Three skills we need to constantly hone and develop now before they are “needed”.

Eileen McDargh
May 16, 20143 min read
Were "Soft Skills" Needed for NY Times editor Abramson?
Journalistic skill was not lacking according to USA TODAY ‘s reported dismissal of Jill Abramson’s as editor of the NY TIMES.

Eileen McDargh
May 15, 20141 min read


Shut Up, Put Up, and Get Some Quiet Back
When firestorms raged across Southern California and land lines were down, having a cell phone to call my family was a blessing.

Eileen McDargh
May 13, 20142 min read
Sixth Century Wisdom for 21st Century Changemasters
Despite a strong U.S. economy, unsettled change continues to bombard us. Mega-mergers boggle the mind with the endless zeros,,,

Eileen McDargh
May 6, 20143 min read


Compassion In Work Makes a BIG Difference; Soft Skills Matter Too
Two articles that reinforce a belief I have had for over 30 years: the hardest part about leadership is caused by the softest part—people.

Eileen McDargh
Apr 17, 20142 min read
Patience Not Panic: Survive and Thrive Through Economic Turbulence
From 28,000 feet, snow still spots parts of Michigan, Illinois and other states further West.

Eileen McDargh
Apr 15, 20142 min read
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