They came, they competed, they departed…leaving behind echoes that will be repeated in other races. Can you envision the sounds of the track; the cars, the crowd, the “pop” of the beer can tabs (?)…the race announcers? Can you feel the energy; the excitement…the hum of anticipation? All participants have the intentions of acquiring the [...]

I heard him say, “He told me that I have nothing more to work on,” as if he was now exempt from the responsibility of courageous and worthy stewardship. I was shocked! Can it be that people really believe that they are largely done with growth and development after they have completed what [...]

My reflections this week stem from conversations concerning employee satisfaction and keeping the bar high! Inclusive in this are persons who want to be leaders of impact. Not just a little bit of impact to stem tides of discontent, but the kind of impact that changes people and therefore the culture of an environment (i.e. [...]

I’m sitting with a guy today over breakfast and we are discussing some of the 360 degree feedback from his work associates. I can hear the inner struggle of owning the condition of what we are when we are conscious of our wholeness - our being both good and bad. Eastern [...]

As Americans, we are absolutely addicted to break through anything. The notion of kaizen or 2% improvement is something that we just as soon let someone else be managed by. Flat out, what we’re looking for, is leap frog transformation. But as I work with leaders, increasingly what I’m seeing is a [...]

“If a man, holding a belief which he was taught in childhood or persuaded of afterwards, keeps down and pushes away any doubts which arise about it in his mind, purposely avoids the reading of books and the company of men that call into question or discuss it, and regards as impious those questions which [...]