Leadership Questions Without Easy Answers
When I was younger, I had lots of definitive and unyielding answers. As I get older, I have mostly questions. That’s been good for my...
Path to Enrichment: Pushing Beyond the Comfort of Familiarity
“A ship is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are built for.” Grace Hopper, Rear Admiral, United States Navy A life can be...
Views on Spirituality: What I Do and What I Believe
As I sat down to lunch with an executive client, she checked a text coming in from her daughter. A few seconds later, I heard, “Thank...
Why We Do What We Do: Free Choices or Programmed Habits?
For most of my life, I have had an aversion to waste and have made an effort to prevent and reduce it. I have always looked at it as a...
Too Much: The Seductive Myth of “More, Bigger, Better”
A few years ago, I wanted to swim 1.9 miles across Cayuga Lake in Upstate, NY. I thought, “The Ironman marathoners do it routinely. With...
"Rules for Radicals" Part 2: Getting to the Root of Relationship Challenges
In my August 2017 blog, I brought up the word “radical” to reclaim its proper meaning: “Getting to the root.” When encountering...
"Rules for Radicals": Getting to the Root of Relationship Challenges
Too often in our society a popular word takes on a different meaning than its original. This fate has befallen the word "radical." Not...
"Exposure and Leadership"
Immediately after World War II, my grandmother, Ella, ran the Red Wing Restaurant on North Clinton Ave. at the corner of Avenue D in...
Choosing to Be “Mind Full” - A Personal Story
My 96-year-old mother bid farewell to her house a few weeks ago, and moved to an assisted living facility. She’s happy there, with lots...
Letter to a Young Leader
“How can I prepare myself to be a leader?” That question, in one form or another, is posed to me often by parents, teens and young adults...