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Are you a filer or a piler?
Tax season has again come to a close, bringing with it many firm resolutions to be better organized next time around. As I searched for receipts this year, it occurred to me that my organizational tendencies have evolved over time … Continue reading
Avoid these 10 pitfalls when having ‘difficult talks’
Having what executive coach Alan Cohen calls a “difficult talk” with an employee, business partner or client isn’t easy. I would say for most people, it ranks up there with having a root canal or scheduling a colonoscopy. Cohen spoke … Continue reading
Remembering Robin Johnston: ‘Mission accomplished’
Sometimes events stir up memories. Disparate strands become tangled. Thoughts converge. Then sweet reflection, followed by a blessed “Aha!” moment. I recently finished the book “When Bad Things Happen to Good People” by Harold Kushner. It’s not a new book (published … Continue reading
‘If ever there were a spring day so perfect’
Today If ever there were a spring day so perfect, so uplifted by a warm intermittent breeze that it made you want to throw open all the windows in the house and unlatch the door to the canary’s cage, indeed, … Continue reading
Climbing on the bus is just the beginning of the journey
From literature and cinema we learn that momentous changes can net larger-than-life results. We love it when the protagonist finally quits her dead-end job, decides to start over or abandons everything she has to pursue her dream. And then, of … Continue reading
Are you watching your business or just letting it be?
I’m not a big fan of going to the dentist, but there is one thing my dentist does that leaders and business owners can benefit from, and that’s having a “watch list.” When I go to in for my six-month … Continue reading
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Tagged accountability, business, management, watch list
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Leadership lessons from Jobs, Isaacson and Collins
If you didn’t have time to read Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs, you can now read a shorter, condensed take on the Apple cofounder’s management style in an article Isaacson penned for the April Harvard Business Review called “The … Continue reading
‘Strumming my six-string’ or how I met Parker
I have a Parkwood acoustic guitar that I call Parker. He and I have been together now since the fall of 2007. I wouldn’t say that we are inseparable; but I can say that wherever I go, Parker soon follows. … Continue reading
The Wayward Journey 