February 18 , 2015 /

LEADING CHANGE

The most effective leadership will include dimensions of change whether leading change in strategies, in goals, programs or personnel.  If change is inevitable, then the question is what kinds of specific change does your organization need and what resources do you need to move forward?  Do you need a cultural shift, systemic change or do

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February 4 , 2015 /

TEN LESSONS LEARNED IN A 50-YEAR CAREER

      1.  Keep learning alive – Commit to becoming a life-long learner and whether or not you are an early adopter, consider how the world has changed and you along with it.  If you are not growing and changing you are falling behind because to stand still is to lose ground.  You can

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February 3 , 2015 /

JANUARY 2015 (in 55 words)

Another “new” year, one after the other, Marked by a special moment in time; Measured in some way, even celebrated. Once we turned the page on a hanging wall calendar Or in a day timer, diary or log Now some digital device gives us day, date and time. Effortless, without even needing to Remember anything.

January 29 , 2015 /

NO FUTURE IN BEING BUSY

I receive at least a dozen or more emails, telephone calls or messages each week that are filled with comments about how busy someone is and I am sometimes guilty of the same kind of remark, although now that I am conscious of saying it, I can avoid the trap.   For those who must travel

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January 26 , 2015 /

CHIEF INNOVATION OFFICER

When I saw the title for this position, it set me to wondering.  Perhaps the Mid-Pacific Institute felt the need or the desire to have such a person on their senior staff and I am confident they gave it much thought before establishing the job.  Kudos to them! However, in this era of specialization and

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January 26 , 2015 /

LIFE CHANGES, SOMETIMES SUDDENLY

I received word on Wednesday, January 21, that a 44 year old, outstanding, visionary surgeon in Boston was shot and killed by a deranged man who was upset by his mother’s death.  As you might guess, he then turned the gun on himself.  I thought immediately of the surgeon’s wife, pregnant with their fourth child

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