Dressing up for Halloween is a favorite of most kids, not to mention adults in search of a good party. To pretend to be someone or something else is a fun and refreshing game. You get to say and do things that you otherwise might not, all in the spirit of role playing into your character. Then after an evening of frivolity, you get to take off the costume and return to yourself. Fun, fun, fun. (more…)
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Be A Genuine Leader
Saturday, May 22nd, 2010Success With Integrity
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010Call me Pollyanna, but I believe that events have never before conspired to establish such a bright line between winning the right way or the wrong way as they have recently. Now if only we can learn from them. (more…)
The Three Roles Of A Leader
Friday, April 9th, 2010Throughout my career, first as an executive and now as an executive coach, I have pondered the concept of leadership. There is certainly no shortage of available information and theories regarding what leadership is and is not. After years of working as, for and with leaders, I have developed my own construct of leadership that makes it readily understandable and actionable. I call it the three roles of a leader. (more…)
Ten Signs That You Need A New Job
Thursday, April 8th, 2010The last two years in the job market have been so brutal that many people have forgotten a fundamental truth. Sometimes you actually need to quit your job. By your own choice. On your own. Voluntarily. (more…)
Beast And The Beauty
Monday, March 22nd, 2010No one will argue that the job market of the last 18 months has been a beast. Unemployment peaked at 10.6% in January and has hovered around the 10% level since. Some 15 million Americans find themselves without jobs. Companies have started rehiring, but oh so slowly, as they have consistently wrung higher productivity out of the existing workforce. Many heads have rolled since the recession began and they are just not being replenished quickly. Ugly, ugly beast. (more…)
