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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...
The wearing of the green
- Category: Living Well
There are some holidays that are sober reminders of sacrifice like Memorial Day. There are religious holidays that matter depending on your own traditions or how they have been popularized....
Consequence of error
- Category: Making better decisions, Uncategorized
Have you ever noodled on an issue for way too long because you just couldn’t decide between two options? One way to think about your thinking (or your speed to...
Beginner’s mind
- Category: Company Culture, Innovation, Uncategorized
How fun is it to learn something new? Whether it is how to use AI to craft a better story, or a new video game or, for my husband Paul,...
Got patience?
Not patience? Let’s line up at the starting line and let’s go! We don’t have time to wait for stragglers. Last one in is a rotten egg.
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