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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...
Moms – thank you for your service
- Category: Living Well, Mindset, Uncategorized
I remember coming out of a bathroom in an local arboretum with my 4 and 1 year old when an older lady smiled broadly at us and said how lovely...
Your mind is a dangerous place
- Category: Mindset, Personal Development, Uncategorized
Have you recently sat quietly with your eyes closed and let your mind wander wherever it may? Perhaps you are meditating, or just breathing or giving yourself a moment to...
Role models around aging
- Category: Living Well, Uncategorized
Friday, I called my Aunt Ruth to wish her a happy 96th birthday. She sounded very cheery as she told me how lovely the flowers were that we had...
Find your red threads
- Category: Leadership, Living Well, Uncategorized
When Marcus Buckingham spoke to the Vistage community about his book Love+ Work, he was particularly captivating about finding your red threads. What does that mean? Why red? His red...
Execute like a project management pro
- Category: Innovation, Making better decisions, Teams
Let’s be honest, a great strategy poorly executed doesn’t make it versus your competitors. A pretty good strategy well executed will beat you every time. So, shouldn’t you be focused...
Endings – elegant or otherwise
- Category: Company Culture, Leadership, Making better decisions, Uncategorized
How damaging is it when a team member leaves the company for a competitor and trashes everything about your organization on the way out? Have you had this happen to...
To hope is an act of will
- Category: Living Well, Uncategorized
The rain had stopped and the birds were tweeting as the sun crept through the window. I took a deep breathe pushing my belly out and slowly exhaled all the...
15 minute check-in
- Category: High Performance Teams, Leadership, Uncategorized
Marcus Buckingham, author of First, Break All The Rules and 9 other books spoke to the Vistage Community about Love + Work his latest work. He described how in...
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