Part of the inspiration for this post came over the weekend. With some degree of risk I’ll admit the source. Later.
What’s the value of power?
Power gives the ability, strength, and capacity to do something.
Last week, we explored how questions are powerful. Open-ended questions are really a request for information, designed to help us stop and explore for truth. I reminded us how…
Questions help us give careful thought to…
Recently, one of my clients requested coaching for her front-line employees.
Coaching is always exciting, I love it! Most of my coaching is done with executives, managers, or business owners. So this manager’s decision to provide coaching for her staff is a gift to them, the team, the business unit.
After exploring needs and calendars we scheduled their Employee Leadership Development session. I’m excited for them.
Later that…
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Change.
How do you respond to the call or invitation to make a change in your life?
Perhaps you have heard the oft repeated quote of Henry David Thoreau regarding this matter.
Things do not change; we change.
A rather effective leader in the fight for equal rights for everyone, was King Whitney, Jr….
It arrived in the morning mail.
The outside of the envelope is boldly stamped:
It doesn’t cost much to leave it all behind.
Jim Berra’s letter addresses one of life’s challenges (finding the perfect vacation). He then offers an alternative (ditch the stress and head straight for fun) and suggests an easy and value-driven action (book now and save up to 20%).
You guessed it, a sales…
In the October 18 issue of Fortune magazine they published their annual list of the “Most Powerful Women” in business. Landing the #6 slot is Oprah Winfrey; the feature article is “Oprah’s Next Act”. Patricia Sellers begins her report…
Oprah Winfrey was headed into her “la-di-da years” – her term for semiretirement –when David Zaslav came along and wrecked her grand plan. The queen of…
When was the last time you said, “Perception is reality”?
Have you ever had someone report an incorrect interpretation of what you said or did? Then, as you try to explain the facts and fill in the “truth gap” they flippantly say, “Perception is reality!”
When we develop an attitude or understanding based solely on what is observed or thought that is our perception. Perceptions are not always reality when reality…
Breaking the sound barrier with an aircraft provides a stunning sight and sound. This accelerated speed that exceeds the speed of sound is often achieved by our military aircraft. It’s called “breaking the sound barrier”.
Here is a picture* of that moment…
Here is the technical description of that moment…
The passage from subsonic to supersonic speeds is accompanied by some unusual…
