Thank you for following my blog. I am now writing monthly for the Rochester Business Journal and have suspended my blog for the...

Leadership failures can often be traced to a cardinal bad habit: Oversimplifying beliefs, responses, and decisions. This happens when...

Since I’m still actively working, I can’t speak with credibility about retiring from a paid job. But I do have experience with another...

I write these words on the 200th anniversary of Frederick Douglass’ birth. He lived, worked, and was buried just a few miles from my home...

There’s a Buddhist story about a young widower with a five-year-old son. When the father returned from a business trip, he discovered to...

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...

“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...

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...

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...

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...