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Speak as if you’re right; listen as if you’re wrong
Do you ever feel like you're arguing with idiots? Most of them actually aren't (idiots). Some probably are. For those, remember, "It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument." (Wm. G. MacAdoo) In[...]
How much time do you have?
Miller was laid to rest today. Love. Friends. Family. Honor. Tears. A sense of "graduation." Miller was 21 years old, but was mature, wise and kind far beyond those 21 short years. We've been friends[...]
Is your busyness hurting your business?
Scenario One: During a recent phone conversation with friend who had just shut down his business of 23 years he reminded me of a scene from Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises where the main character, Mike[...]
The smell of leadership?
We all need to get away sometimes. "Away" doesn't have to be somewhere exotic, or some place that involves boarding passes or long car trips. Not even a weekend getaway. Just a respite; a brief[...]
Should you imprint your employees?
According to vulture-territory.com, the California Condor has been protected since 1953 and was listed as an endangered species in 1971. By 1986, for a variety of reasons, the wild populations had sunk to single digits.[...]
The really important things in life are simple, just not easy.
To say that I was an eager first time father would have been a great understatement of the facts. I was excited. Scared. Thrilled. Uncertain. Confident. Expectant (in a somewhat different way than my wife).[...]
Why we do things is more important than what we do
"Anything you can do I can do better; I can do anything better than you." is one of the most memorable lines from the song Anything You Can Do which was composed by Irving Berlin[...]
The Politics of Leadership
My client began the conversation with, “I hate politics!” As a senior vice president in a large closely held firm she had seen plenty of office politics and she didn’t like what she had seen[...]
The Leadership of Politics
Perhaps it’s the season - election season - that’s generating more frequent discussions from my clients and others about how politics fits, or doesn’t fit, into the context of leadership, and vice-versa. My initial reaction[...]
Making a Difference
My mother was a third grade teacher. There was a boy in her class one year who had been socially promoted through first and second grades without having learned to read. You can imagine the[...]
Beyond the First Verse
I love the 4th of July. Even when considered in the ever-dimming light of history, it captures much of what has been exceptional about the United States. This morning at church we celebrated and honored,[...]