Today, as I lay on ice to help aleviate my chronic back pain, I felt just a wee bit sorry for myself.  I was scanning my in box and I had an email from coach Jim Vuocolo, who had received this from a friend, and felt compelled to share it with his friends.  He didn’t [...]

Busy and successful people find themselves getting ”hit up” for all sorts of fundraisers, and to be on boards of directors on a regular basis.  If you are reading this post, you are probably thinking to yourself ”No kidding, it happened to me three times last week.”
Here are some principles I’ve learned since I began spending 1/2 my time volunteering [...]

A Primer on Loss and Grief for Leaders
If you are running a company of any size, you hear about some relative or friend of your workforce dying almost every day. In even the smallest company, there is loss all around your employees. Loss you don’t see, and I am about to make you aware of. [...]

 The discussions of employee re-engagement we’ve been having this month have been filled with great information and lots of interaction.
 If you would like to register for the a complimentary webinar entitled Re-engaging the Workforce , which includes three industry experts discussing how to re-engage employees while uncertainty still exists, scheduled for Thursday, February 18th, you can use the following link:   www.ttidisc.com  [...]

It was a cold, crisp, clear December day when I pulled into the parking lot of Barnes Elementary School to meet my “little” for the first time.  I was nervous.  Woudl she like me?  Would I be able to be everything she needed/expected?  Would I embarrass her in front of her peers?  The questions were [...]

     One of the ways to increase excitement and engagement in the ranks is to raise people’s self-worth.  In this economy, a lot of charities have been hit really hard, and need awareness, funds, attention, and volunteers.  Check out what one young Portland woman started just recently: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEdVfyt-mLw   It’s called the Pink Glove Dance.  How [...]

All of us need to improve our decision making abilities in this business environment. 
IQ (Intelligence Quotient) measures your overall general intelligence. EQ (Emotional Quotient) measures your emotional intelligence: your ability to sense, understand, and effectively apply the power and acumen of emotions to facilitate high levels of collaboration and productivity.  This is how effective leaders [...]

SECRET……The dictionary tells us that a secret (noun) is something that is kept hidden or concealed.
 
Most of us have been exposed to the tremendously successful movie and/or the book called “The Secret”, which contains knowledge that has been around for thousands of years, and it was packaged in an intriguing and ingenious way to attract [...]

 
I have always loved this poem.  I don’t know who wrote it.  But I find it has been true in my life and I couldn’t write anything that better describes prayer and God as I have come to know Him.  I offer it to you as Thanksgiving eve approaches.
Happy Thanksgiving!
 
I asked God for strength, that I [...]

Yesterday I received an family email from my sister, who is Chief Risk Officer at a very large international bank.  Apparently, family members have been contacting her, asking about economic survival strategies.  They are concerned about their 401K’s, investments, retirement security, etc.
The world is in a panic, and I’m stating the obvious unless you’ve been [...]