Writing in Others Space

A colleague of mine Jim Taggart  invited me to write in his space, to provide a guest blog post on his blog, Changing Winds.  This act of sharing space meant my words may be read by people that he knew, not just people I know. Somehow this made me pay a little more attention to [...]

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Mother as Leader

Mothers Day is this weekend. It is the first Mothers Day Ive not bought a card in my whole life. My mother is no longer here, having recently passed. The hole is large in my heart. When I think of some of the positive characteristics of organizational leaders my Mother keeps coming to mind. She [...]

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Measures, Metrics, and More Measures

So often we hear how important it is to measure, to have the right metrics, to evaluate. When we set targets and measure progress we somehow get a sense of accomplishment. We feel we are competing with others, competing with ourselves and get somehow rewarded or recognized for meeting or exceeding the targets. Social [...]

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Integrity and Obama

Integrity is a joining of our inner self and our external self. What we deeply believe is right, what we know inside, what we feel to the depths of our soul, what we inherently see as the essence or spirit holds and centers us. when we are able to hold a focus on this inner [...]

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