Category Archives: Leadership

“There Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”

I was scared, whole body from toes to top of head scared. First, before I started, I was certain that I would fail miserably and lose all credibility and self respect. Then, when I did start, I was sure I was not going to make it and get really sick in front of them. I remember that day over 14 years ago as if it was yesterday. I also remember what a difference a person makes in your life and in the colors of the tapestry of your life.

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“The Suit of Happiness”

“Every happy family is the same, but unhappy families are all different.”  The opening of the Leo Tolstoy novel, Anna Karenina, captures our attention and immediately triggers a reflection of our personal perspective. I have no competence to comment on …
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North by Northwest

If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it. –Abraham Lincoln

Abe asked two very important questions we should answer when deciding what to do and how to do it:

Do you know where you are?
Do you know where you’re going?
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He is heavy, … , he ain’t my brother …

As I observe the early days of a new era in governance, one that increases the role and authority of government regulation and central planning, I am saddened. I am saddened by the foreseeable consequences of constraining innovation and reinvention that are necessary to succeed, even survive, in this complex multi-polar world. I am saddened because most regulation is earned. It is earned by the guilty and implemented onto the innocent as a general rule. Leadership and stewardship gave way to greed, discarded integrity, illusionary value creation, and the uncontrolled behemoths that emerged in this interconnected virtual business landscape. Algorithms replaced decisions and the perversion of the foundations based on earning and affording what you own turned the American dream that I have lived as a naturalized American into a nightmare that has not yet ended.
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Fly Me To The Moon, … , And Let Me Dream ……

Have you ever been part of something really remarkable? I mean, something that changes you inside and out,  and makes such a difference that it becomes a big part of the tapestry of your life? Have you experienced it more …
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Does anybody have a nail?

Ever wonder how much impact decisions and choices have? Call it Chaos Theory or the Butterfly Effect, as time’s arrow moves forward, each event is a fork in the road. In our enterprises, these forks precipitate a cascade of events …
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May I Have a Word with You? …. Values.

“Values” is a word that I hear often. I hear it when people read from a wallet card they keep. I read it from organizational documentation and hall posters, often completing a trilogy with vision and mission, the three amigos
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Shall we begin to make it easier for good choices to take place?

“The “ordinary” event can be dealt with by routine – a procedure established in advance of a given eventuality. Energies are freed for dealing with the unexpected or creative acts.” HENRY A. KISSINGER. Wow! So clear, simple, on point, so …
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My knives are dull … maybe they need sharpening …?

“This won’t last, just like all the other flavors of the month” … how often do we hear that phrase? I believe that we hear it far too often. It ranks up there with “we tried that before and it …
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“Summer Bookends” … It’s a good time to pick up two essential reads!

Many of us enjoy the ritual of tucking a set of books in the bag for our summer getaways. For me, the infinity of interesting topics is daunting and exciting to contemplate, focus, decide and then enjoy. If you are …
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