LEADING CHANGE
Most effective and successful leadership includes dimensions and degrees of change whether change in strategies, goals, programs or personnel. If change is inevitable, then the question is what kinds of change does your organization need and what resources do you need to move forward? Charts and graphs based on gathered data can illustrate past and
0TREES- (another 55 word exercise)
They are tall, short, thick and thin, branches outstretched. Some are deciduous, some are coniferous, Buds and blooms, setting fruit. Many varieties, growing in clusters and alone. Providing shade, lumber and beauty. Many growing old, others not lasting as long. Very much like people, planted on the earth. Swaying in the wind, steadfast and waiting.
0NAMES FOR THE DIVINE OTHER IN 55 WORDS
Martin Buber defined I-Thou. Paul Tillich, The Eternal Now. Whether Allah, Jahweh, Jehovah, Elohim, Wakan Tanka What’s in a name? God, unspoken and unseen, Creator, Energy, Power, Spirit, Life Force. Almighty and Everlasting. Why try to describe the indescribable? Holy is her name, that which is sacred, unattainable. Transcendent, above, beyond and omnipresent. Natural order.
0A PARADOX OF HISTORY
We spent yesterday at the Kennedy Space Center, primarily to see a rocket launch, something we had not witnessed in person previously and it certainly lived up to our expectations. It was a beautiful day and the several thousand people gathered on the shoreline were all waiting patiently for the scheduled 1:45 PM launch. It
0LEADERSHIP COACHING: WHAT’S THE VALUE?
A good coaching process helps a leader learn how to achieve specific personal and professional goals. The purpose of coaching is to help the individual move forward, overcome any perceived obstacles, and move to a higher level of effectiveness, not to simply to solve problems and issues du jour. The coach is most often an
0CHOOSE SOME TIME FOR YOURSELF
Some time ago I wrote a short piece called “No Virtue in Being Busy.” My point was to say that I believe there is very little value in how busy we appear to be because our calendars and schedules are full to overflowing. A follow up article published here recently was called “The Appearance of
0VERNAL EQUINOX 2014
Thursday, March 21, will mark the vernal equinox this year, the time when night and day are very much the same length. If you want to get precise about it, it will happen at 16:57 UTC or 12:57 PM EDT. That’s when the tilt of Earth relative to the Sun is zero, which means that
0FIVE INTERNAL PERSPECTIVES ON LEADERSHIP
Here is a brief summary of what leaders must deal with internally, almost all the time. 11- Understanding the difference between your work and your job. Work is your passion, what you care about the most whether reaching goals, accomplishing big projects or meaningful personal relationships with colleagues. Your job is what you
0Contrived, Corporate and Controlled – By Design
It took me several days to figure out what was bothering me and it was the same nagging feeling that arose 50 years ago in New York about an economy based on SPEND, BUY, WASTE, WANT, and BORROW. I called it the cycle of the new economic imperatives and my conflict came about because of
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