From Managers To Leaders

I’d like to take a moment to tell you about a friend of mine. I’ve named him Wally and he is a Walnut Tree. This walnut tree grows a small distance away from where my deck is. Now Wally is an old tree and one that I thought was dead. Seriously it was no longer [...]

I’ve been signed up for many different types of seminars. Some were company imposed, most have been self-imposed. The offer was put out for an event about multi-generations in the work place. Since I know it’s a topic that I have run up against in the past, I expressed an interest in going. I also [...]

It is for a very specific reason why the pictures on the top of these pages are nature related. Mainly because I feel we can learn so much from nature if we just open ourselves up and give it a chance to teach us.
As the saying goes – fish discover water last. I felt [...]

When you give managers 15 goals, which one are they to focus on? I’ve talked to many people at seminars, friends, family, co-workers and all at one time or another have said something along the lines of “well, I think this is what we are focusing on now.” What is wrong with this statement?
It’s [...]

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.
~ Abraham Lincoln
How true is this statement? How many of us can read it and just know that it’s an honest statement from someone who has felt the effect of power that corrupted. I have seen it [...]