Courage to Simplify

Tuesday June 1, 2010 #224 “Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex. It takes a touch of genius – and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction. ~Albert Einstein In our complex and integrated world today, your greatest value may be...

Unsatisfied Curiosity

Thursday, May 27, 2010 #223 “That’s what makes death so hard – unsatisfied curiosity.” ~Beryl Markham Curiosity is s key trait of successful leaders and of people in general who express satisfaction with their lives.  It is curiosity which drives people to learn new...

Will you lead?

Thursday, May 20, 2010 #221 “The world has the habit of making room for the man whose actions show that he knows where he is going.” ~Napoleon Hill One of the very basic secrets of effective leadership is to give the impression of confidence and purpose.  If this...

Vulnerable leadership

Tuesday February 16, 2010 #195 “Real change comes from our willingness to own our vulnerability, confess our failures, and acknowledge that many of our stories do not have a happy ending.” ~Peter Block As a leader, we build trust by showing appropriate...

Motivating thought

Thursday February 11, 2010 #194 “If you want motivated people, you have to find them, not motivate them.” ~Jim Rohn As leaders, we cannot motivate people.  We can only create an environment in which people can choose to be motivated.  Our task is to find those...

Signs of integrity and vision

Tuesday September 15, 2009 #155 “Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary.” ~Cecil Beaton As a...