Some basic leadership concepts are rock solid, others are like rubber, adapting to the form and the conditions. Leadership in normal times can be challenging. Leadership under stress or prolonged crisis can cause teams to break apart. Events of this year are testing leadership strategies and strengths of good leaders. Leadership under pressure require flexibility … More Leadership in 2020
What is the origin of our dreams? Where do they come from? Who is the gatekeeper of our dreams? Surely, there is a genie that decides what our dreams will be on a certain night, what order they come and nature of the visual data that flows into our brain’s receptors. We have all had … More The Dream Genie
I’m like a dog pasted to the front window waiting for spring to happen. Winter is my least favorite time of the year. The older I get, the less I tolerate the cold. The thought of a warm retirement location is welcoming. I guess I just look forward to chasing kids off my lawn. Actually, … More Spring Yard Work
Every decade or so there seems to be a dip in the economy. The stock market tanks, people get scared, jobs are lost and big corporations get bailed out. It’s the American Way. Not every recession is the same; some are slight, and others longer and more destructive. The Great Recession of ten or so … More It’s That Time Again
There is fear in the air. You can see it on the faces of strong people. The fear is for several things. People fear for their health. They fear getting sick and not being able to afford treatment. They fear for the health of family and friends. There are other fears. Not since the Great … More Times Like These
I was conversing with a friend about how careers unfold over time and the subject of finding your niche entered the thread. In high school, guidance counselors were poised to help us find our career interests. Some kids knew right away, others didn’t. Sometimes we had an idea of the direction, but not the precise … More Searching for the Niche
That’s a mouthful, but it kind of rolls off your tongue. Those words were about me and a couple of others. Normally, those would be serious and troubling words to hear. In this case, I let it roll off like a raindrop. I had to, it was a fight. Not one I wanted to be … More “No good, low-life, back-stabbing, sons of bitches”
Life isn’t always fair or uplifting. Sometimes it sucks. At some point in our lives we’ve been humbled, taken down a notch, or made to see the error of our ways. The act of humility is recognizing and accepting missteps, and understanding why we failed. No, it’s not always someone else’s fault. Sometimes we get exactly … More Looking Back
As I was waiting for my Monterey Chicken sandwich in the deli eating area, I noticed the young woman who seems to run the place take a seat and another employee sat across from her. I’m not a snoopy person, but I am observant, and the three of us were the ones in the joint. … More Management Feedback
We are generation-centric. We are a society of demographics and labels. Marketing, politics, entertainment; we are categorized, studied, targeted, sold and even hated based on our attributes. We all belong to a generation. We are surrounded by other generations, but do we notice it? Of course, but how conscious are we of the generational differences? … More My Generation
