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Leadership Tips for Women from Deloitte Chairman, Sharon Allen
When someone interviews the highest-ranking woman in the history of the big four accounting firms, I sit up and take notice.

Eileen McDargh
Oct 16, 20101 min read
Imagination Rules The Weekend
The Tall Ships entered Dana Point this weekend. How fun to see adults get into character and become heroes and villains from another era.

Eileen McDargh
Sep 13, 20101 min read
Labor Day: A Spirituality of work by Jan Chittister, OSB
“Work,” the Persian poet Gibran writes, “is love made visible.” A spirituality of work is based on a heightened sense of sacramentality,

Eileen McDargh
Sep 7, 20103 min read
You’re Known by The Magazines You Read!
Just landed in Minneapolis for the connection to Duluth and a week canoeing portions of the Boundary Waters

Eileen McDargh
Aug 26, 20101 min read
Maid for Leadership
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

Eileen McDargh
Jul 15, 20101 min read
Three of the important questions you will ever answer.
What brings you to joy? What are you good at? Does anyone need you to do it?

Eileen McDargh
Jul 6, 20101 min read
July 4th Musings-A Different Spin on Freedom
For days now, these few words from this classic Kris Kristofferson song, Me & Bobbie McGee, spinning repeatedly through my brain.

Eileen McDargh
Jul 4, 20102 min read


A Name Tag for Kindness
Made me wonder if all of us were given little name tags that said “committed to kindness” would we change?

Eileen McDargh
Jun 9, 20102 min read
Leadership Comes From A Place That Troubles Your Heart
Real leadership never starts with a title or a position on an organizational chart. Rather, it begins because one feels something...

Eileen McDargh
May 25, 20102 min read
What is Transformational Leadership?
According to Wikipedia transformational leadership is an approach that is defined as leadership that creates valuable and positive change

Eileen McDargh
May 19, 20101 min read
How to Use Your Work as a Meditation Tool to Change Your Life
If you find yourself completely stressed at work then The Daily Mind has a solution for you.

Eileen McDargh
May 14, 20101 min read
Life Leadership Lessons - In the Death of a Dog
Every once in awhile, there comes a story that reminds me that I must learn new skills despite loss...

Eileen McDargh
Mar 29, 20102 min read


Improve Performance: Walk in the Woods
Researchers have been looking at what happens to our bodies and brains when we walk in woods, in the mountains or by the sea.

Eileen McDargh
Mar 13, 20101 min read
You Can’t Lead What You Can’t Assemble
Most of the time, Seth Godin is a pretty smart guy at pointing out fallacies in thinking and performance.

Eileen McDargh
Feb 23, 20101 min read
Communication Skills Rank First for Hiring
Forget the emoticons and the BTW – shorthand of texting. Nearly half of employers say they expect college grads to be able to do more.

Eileen McDargh
Jan 23, 20101 min read
Are You Eager For Change?
Employees have been downsized, laid off, given reduced benefits, forced to work longer and longer hours without additional pay.

Eileen McDargh
Jan 14, 20101 min read
Terrorists Win if We Fail to Talk and Listen to Each Other
Have we learned nothing from the disasters that hallmarked this last decade?

Eileen McDargh
Jan 7, 20102 min read
Strange musings in a disconnected world.
PARENTS: How to make teens faint— Tell them you LOVE reading their posts on Facebook. It’s the only way you know what they are doing.

Eileen McDargh
Jan 6, 20101 min read
Turn Productivity Pain to Gain
Information overload equates to a staggering $1.2 trillion in wages wasted each year according to a six year study...

Eileen McDargh
Jan 5, 20102 min read
What Happens When We Don't Communicate With Our Employees
Imagine the waste and loss that happens when we don't talk. Don't just talk to employees... communicate with them!

Eileen McDargh
Dec 3, 20091 min read
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