I thought I wanted to be a playwright because I was interested in stories and telling stories. - Francis Ford Coppola Note: This post was originally published on Oct 13, 2015. I was reminded of it during a recent speaking engagement I had, so I'm republishing it today with an updated intro for …
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I recently had some fun doing a live radio interview. The folks at Business Writers Radio asked me to discuss my new book, Discover the Joy of Leadership, and some stories about my experiences with leadership and management development. In this fast-paced 30 minute segment we discuss: The No …
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15+ years ago Jim Clifton of the Gallup organization wrote a book called The Coming Jobs War. The consultant, McKinsey and Company, warned that they saw a "war for talent" brewing for the foreseeable future. Both groups warned that having a "good" job will increasingly be difficult to obtain and …
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One month ago, I published my first book, Discover the Joy of Leadership: A Practical Guide to Resolving Your Management Challenges. This was the culmination of two full years of work and although it was exhausting, I do take great pride in what I have created. Each year about 2.2 million books …
Can you agree to disagree, agreeably? It's not really possible if you do not respect the person you are discussing things with. I saw a jarring example of this when I saw a new play at the esteemed Goodman Theater recently. It has been described as "bitingly funny and fierce… one of the year's …
Now that we are a few weeks into the new year and everyone is settling in to the promise of what 2017 will be for you, your team and your organization, I hope that the early indicators are for a prosperous time for you all. As a leader, I'd like to suggest eight key WHATS you should embrace that …
Kim Scott was a long time director at Google and is currently a faculty member at Apple University. In addition, she's an acclaimed coach for companies like Twitter and other Silicon Valley notables. One of Kim's goals was to create a company that had "bullshit-free zones where people could love …
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Tuesday’s with Morrie is a book by Mitch Albom that came out in 1997 and topped the bestsellers list for Non-Fiction and was also made into a movie. It is about Morrie Schwartz, a former Brandeis University sociology professor who contracted ALS, Lou Gehrig's disease, and the relationship Albom …
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I returned home during the Christmas holidays from visiting my son in New York City. He and I had a marvelous time but what caught my attention was the incredible lack of traffic on the parkway back to LaGuardia Airport and how empty the L train was coming back from Midway, even though normally both …
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Jared Lindzon, in his November 11, 2016 article in Fast Company magazine, Why Nearly Half of Workers Globally Could Leave Their Jobs in 2017, said that the primary reason for employees leaving is poor management. Researchers found that an employee is nearly 10 times more likely to be very satisfied …
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The conclusion of the election last week did not bring any sort of cathartic closure to more than half of the voters from an almost 2-year campaign. To Clinton supporters, the "other side" won and the demonstrations/rioting in the streets of major cities reflect their profound displeasure and …
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Chicago has been basking in the glory of their game seven victory in this year's World Series, the Cubs first in 108 years. Someone mentioned to me the other day that the Cubs start their night games at 7:08 PM, which in military time is 19:08 – or 1908 – the year the Cubs last won the World …
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