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The dog days of summer
- Category: Communication, Making better decisions, Uncategorized
Ugh! I’m tired of the heat and it is barely August. August came in July. Does that mean September will come now? Well, the fires have already started. That used...
The gift of an introduction
- Category: Communication, Uncategorized
For people living in Los Angeles, introductions can be like the currency of belonging or prestige in one of our main industries – film. streaming. tv. This is not as...
Assume positive intent
Fraught conversations with people who do not feel safe is something we all have experienced since childhood. In order to protect ourselves, we prepare to be verbally savaged. We stay...
“Wordle” it
- Category: Time Management, Uncategorized
Do you know about or are you addicted to playing wordle? It is a NY Times owned game that you can access for free that asks you to guess what...
Plan tight, process loose
- Category: Uncategorized
Creating and then executing a strategic plan is not a simple thing. It is at the heart of long term organizational success. Yet, we get distracted by the day-to-day, by...
Unwinding
- Category: Uncategorized
Hard driving business leaders find it extremely difficult to unwind. Give them quiet time and their minds race with all they must get done. Many have embraced meditation or mindful...
Innovation versus innovative process
- Category: Company Culture, High Performance Teams, Systems, Uncategorized
Have you ever noticed that innovators talk really fast? It seems like the ideas are flooding their brain 3 times faster than the mouth can talk…or than the listener can...
Found Family
- Category: Living Well, Uncategorized
If you have lived in one place for a long time, you might have one too – a found family. You didn’t necessarily choose it, it just sort of developed...
Customer “dis”-service
- Category: Uncategorized
I drove into the car service department at my appointed time and waited 10 minutes before the tech came out with his clipboard. He nicely apologized for being late, checked...
Sensemaking is a leadership skill
- Category: High Performance Teams, Innovation, IT, Leadership, Making better decisions, Uncategorized
In a Vistage webinar on Friday, Dave Nelson commented that in the list of required leadership skills for successful leaders, perhaps the most important one in this moment, beyond, vision,...
My everyday is their fabulous
- Category: Communication, Leadership, Personal Development, Uncategorized
A regular hike in Griffith Park takes us to a popular view spot of the Hollywood sign. We usually hear passing hikers speak many foreign languages on this hike, unlike...
Business + Community
- Category: Company Culture, Leadership, Systems, Uncategorized
Board members of non-profits are expected to contribute their smarts and their money and show up to their fundraisers. That is part of the deal. So this week we trekked...
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