So much is wrong in the world. How do I even begin to make a difference? I have faced this question many times in my life. Many of the travesties we face did not begin in the past weeks, months, or years. They existed long before me, but must [...]
Leadership is not someone else’s problem. In this article, I propose that the responsibility belongs to each of us. The future depends on how we model the skills and attributes of effective leadership. In a recent article, Paul Myers asked, “Do We Know How to Lead?” He posed five [...]
Do you ever wonder why people refuse you to consider new ideas or accept change? A secret of good leaders will help you understand their reluctance. First, remember that an organization is a system. Managing through mental models requires a deep understanding of the system in place. All systems left [...]
Wake Up! It Matters to Listen Carefully, Now She called out to her wayward child— don’t. Words will hurt each other, you must— think. Your actions affect this planet— stop. Please listen you can ease the pain— feel. You have one day I give to you— live. Mother Earth [...]
Life offers a road less traveled. Every choice opens and closes a door. “I’ll never know, and neither will you, of the life you don’t choose. We’ll only know that whatever that sister life was, it was important and beautiful and not ours. It was the ghost ship that [...]
You may find yourself grasping for gratitude. In 2020, I never imagined that the world would lose its footing to a virus. Those stories belong in the history of plagues and diseases like smallpox, leprosy, or polio. Most of us have never experienced a quarantine. We've never seen businesses [...]
I accepted a friendly challenge to reflect on confinement. I thought of them as wistful questions. None of us will forget the year 2020. Our lives turned upside down, inside out, and tangled with emotion. Most of us know nothing about confinement or forced stay-at-home orders—until now. What will you [...]
Forgive Others First All she ever wanted was for someone to love her. She didn’t deserve to die. The man shot her at point-blank range. The gunshot wound at the temple left her breathing but not alive for two days. Not her first brush with domestic violence, but on [...]
In the Power of Moments, Chip and Dan Heath call us to think in moments "to recognize where the prose of life needs punctuation." Chip and Dan help us understand that, “Our lives are measured in moments, and defining moments are the ones that endure in our memories.” Today, [...]
Becoming More You The bubbing water fills the air opening the door to bird songs floating above and over the sky. If you listen closely, you might hear your own song blending and floating along rejoicing in being set free. Open — alive— you— filling your heart space becoming [...]
