This Saturday, November 20th, it will be an honor to be a guest speaker signing my book Leadership Building Blocks: An Insider’s Guide to Success as part the Freedom’s Sisters exhibit at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum in Baltimore, Maryland. I could not be more delighted! This traveling 8-city tour sponsored by the Ford Foundation […]
Category Archives: Fortitude
Is gratefulness a dying art form? Too many times I see leaders who do not appreciate a leadership opportunity for what it is. A lifelong lesson. A chance to add value rather than relish accolades. Unfortunately, there is a spirit of ungratefulness and a lack of appreciation for the many rewards that come from being […]
This week, America’s TV sitcoms lost surrogate parents and TV legends with the passing of Tom Bosley from “Happy Days” and Barbara Billingsley from “Leave it to Beaver.” Both TV shows showcased family life in the 1950s well before Watergate, Vietnam, and other significant events of the 1960s and 1970s. The TV-show actors set trends […]
Witnessing the live heroic rescue of trapped Chilean miners on television this week can only be described as amazing. Seemingly crude equipment pulled trapped mines 2300 feet to freedom on the earth’s surface in Copiapó, Chile. What happened in Chile is a tremendous example of leadership in action. Just consider the massive engineering medical teams […]
One of the cutest commercials out there is a Meow Mix trailer featuring bad-acting cats in need of a good meal. Included in the promotion are cats with apparent personality traits of a troublemaker, instigator, and a snoop. Each one acts out impulses until getting satisfied with a tasty meal. Of course, I was amused […]