December is a favorite time of year for me. I’m enjoying completing my gift giving and getting ready to celebrate this wonderful holiday time. I love planning a meaningful gift list for family, friends and colleagues plus designating year end charitable contributions to some of my favorite groups. Giving thoughtful gifts and generous contributions has [...]
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Wrap Up Your Presence
December 21, 2009
Surrender to Summer
August 24, 2009
Summertime…and the living is easy! This year my beach vacation was utterly relaxing. Having just returned home, I sit here lingering in the serenity of this wondrous feeling of chilling so completely. I found rest and relaxation by looking at leadership goals in a new way. I made it a point to include big goals [...]
Ride Your Own Tour de Leadership
July 28, 2009
Leadership isn’t always about winning … or even making everyone happy. Sometimes it’s about furthering your own personal values and purpose. When you choose that kind of leadership, you’re simply not going to listen to your critics. In fact, the people who aim to taunt and challenge, might even inspire you to achieve more. You [...]
Power Up Your Vision
March 3, 2009
Vision has always been a subtle but critical element for effective leadership. In these tough times, I firmly believe that it’s even more essential. My thinking on vision was reinforced last week while speaking at the Georgetown University Leadership Coaching Annual Alumni meeting in Washington, DC. All presentations I attended, including my own, emphasized the [...]
Here and There
October 16, 2008
What is there for you, as a leader? You know what I mean? Like when I get there – then everything will be all good. I keep trying to think about when there is here. As far as I can figure, we’re always here. Right here. Not there. Nowhere else to be. So isn’t right [...]
Reboot Your Mind for more POSITIVE Leadership
September 10, 2008
A few years ago, following a Georgetown Leadership Coaching alumni conference led by Rick Tamlyn, author of The Bigger Game I was inspired to renew my practice of meditation. Originally, I was introduced to meditation in college. Over the years, I dabbled with meditation as a way to manage stress. I would fit it into [...]
