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April 2015

April 16, 2015
The other day I received an email from a complete stranger, asking for advice on...
April 03, 2015
I was cleaning out the basement last weekend when I turned my attention to an old file cabinet perched...

March 2015

March 29, 2015
I once worked with an organization that was not quite as focused as it should...
March 22, 2015
I have been thinking lately about excellence. Not just at work, but in every area...
March 13, 2015
The head of security, Fred, poked his head into my office the other day and...
March 08, 2015
There is this gentlemen - I’ll call him Ray Smith- who was a prominent business owner...
March 02, 2015
My friend, a high-level manager at a financial services firm, confided he felt as if he were leading...

February 2015

February 20, 2015
A colleague of mine, an older, distinguished gentleman, has this habit of trying to predict and...
February 08, 2015
Strategy consultant Dorie Clark wrote an intriguing post a couple years ago at Harvard Business Review blogs presenting somewhat...

January 2015

January 25, 2015
Have you ever been in a meeting, minding your own business, maybe thinking about what ...
January 17, 2015
Eighth grade is typically a harsh year for pre-teens, and mine was no exception. I was...

December 2014

December 30, 2014
Not long ago my wife and I hosted a small group meeting at our house...
December 21, 2014
Late last summer some new neighbors moved in to the house across the street. Being...
December 19, 2014
There’s a bright yellow band of construction tape blocking the administrative entrance to my company’s...
December 07, 2014
With the advent of ubiquitous mobile social media outlets such as Facebook and Twitter within...

November 2014

November 24, 2014
There are many things to admire about the British, the most obvious being their attractive...
November 14, 2014
Every great story, every hero, every inspiring moment is born out of adversity and perseverance....
November 01, 2014
I was privy to a conversation involving a mentor and his coaching subject, a mid-level manager....

October 2014

October 22, 2014
My wife and I took a trip to Nantucket recently to celebrate our anniversary. We...
October 14, 2014
My pastor recently took a three-month sabbatical. I imagined him sleeping in until ten every...
October 06, 2014
I once attended a meeting where a professional services firm was making a pitch to...

September 2014

September 29, 2014
A few months ago, my wife texted me, “Don’t forget to buy Megamillions tickets!:)” Upon...
September 21, 2014
Several executives were standing around my office the other day, debating what to do about...
September 12, 2014
Years ago, I worked for a computer maintenance company, leading a team of college students...
September 10, 2014
I recently overheard a conversation where a middle-aged, mothering woman was asking a scrappy-headed and pockmark-faced...
September 01, 2014
I was on speaker phone the other day with a colleague, Bruce, closing up several...

August 2014

August 26, 2014
The other day my friend asked a rather blunt and personal question: “Do you think...
August 19, 2014
A friend confided that, lately, he goes home from work every day feeling like a...
August 11, 2014
New Study Suggests Prayer Is So Boring People Prefer Painful Electric Shocks It has been...
August 10, 2014
I recently attended a Strategy conference featuring some fancy Harvard Business School professors at a...
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