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Are leaders born or made?
Have you struggled with the question of whether leaders are born or made? If you are in a leadership position, did you get there because
Plan tight, process loose
On Wednesday evening, Paul asked me what we are doing this weekend. Like many couples there is a planner and a spontaneous one, and you
It’s spooky
Halloween decorations went up in my neighborhood mid-September. Finally, we have arrived to the BIG DAY, and thank goodness! The witches and spiders and pumpkins
Opportunity to fail
The supply chain is not the only place where our pipeline is jammed up. The pandemic forced businesses to hunker down and many projects were
Leadership advice from Colin Powell
General Colin Powell, former Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff spoke to my 3 Vistage groups this week and the
Infrastructure getting fixed? Yes!
When I saw the big trucks around the corner I got really excited. Oh boy, street paving. I know how geeky that sounds, But, I
To decide
For linguistic geeks like me, it is interesting to ponder the origin of the word “decide.” Decide comes from latin. The root -“cide” is to
Exhausted? Me, too….
What is it this week? The full moon waning? End of a quarter? Beginning of Autumn? Everyone seems exhausted. Me, too.
Demographics transform hiring
As marketers know, you ignore demographics at your peril. As baby boomers, there were so many of us we competed for a space in the
When new competitors emerge….
What do you do when new competitors emerge? It used to be that the U.S. was the largest manufacturer in the world. It has been
Labor Day
How ironic that this Labor Day all employers can talk about is labor shortages. Promising talent is being picked off with unsolicited offers for way
“Servant” Leadership
I am a big fan of servant leadership, so I was quite interested in reading “The Motive” by Patrick Lencioni. This is his new book
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