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Just days before the horrific massacre of 20 innocent children and the 6 heroic adults who tried to save them, a friend asked me to imagine what I would wish for if my words could change people’s hearts and minds. After some deep reflection I said that I would wish that children would be . . . → Read More: Connecticut School Shooting: You Can Make a Difference  According to a study reported in the Harvard Business Review, what separates a great company from a mediocre one is the compassion of its leaders. But what exactly does it mean to be compassionate? Dictionary.com defines compassion as “a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by . . . → Read More: The Compassion Trap  Leave a comment  Achievement, Advice, Business Communication, business consulting, Business Model, Business Therapist, Change, Change the People, Changing negative patterns, Corporate Lifecycle, Corporate training, Courageous Conversations, Education, EducationEducation, Employee Appreciation, Employee Termination, Executives, Family-owned Business, Firing, Growing Business, Habits, Healthcare, hiring, leadership, Motivation, Success, Tips, Uncategorized U.S. Representative, Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney’s running mate on the Republican presidential ticket has said that Ayn Rand, novelist-philosopher, inspired his entry into public life. For those of you who are not familiar with Ayn Rand, she was best known for her books The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged which launched a powerful philosophic movement . . . → Read More: Why Paul Ryan and I are Inspired By & Disagree with the Philosophy of Ayn Rand One comment Achievement, Advice, Business Communication, business consulting, Business Model, Business Therapist, Change, Change the People, Changing negative patterns, Corporate Lifecycle, Corporate training, Courageous Conversations, Education, EducationEducation, Executives, Family-owned Business, Growing Business, Habits, Healthcare, hiring, leadership, Motivation, Success, Tips, Uncategorized Watching the Olympics is always a thrilling experience, yet this year’s Games have been particularly riveting. The victorious athletes have been winning their events by mere seconds or fractions of seconds. The difference between champion and runner up, first place and second best, has often hinged on a nano-moment, leaving us fans with bated . . . → Read More: Olympic Champions: Motivation to Go the Extra Mile Leave a comment Achievement, Advice, Business Communication, business consulting, Business Model, Business Therapist, Change, Change the People, Changing negative patterns, Corporate Lifecycle, Corporate training, Courageous Conversations, Education, EducationEducation, Employee Appreciation, Executives, Family-owned Business, Growing Business, Habits, Healthcare, hiring, leadership, Motivation, Success, Tips, Uncategorized In the wake of the Colorado theater tragedy, many voices have been clamoring for our attention. Some are criticizing the victims who brought their young children to the theater: this argument both insults what these parents have endured, and defies logic. Others have used the shooting to reopen the perennial gun control vs. citizens’ . . . → Read More: At the Heart of the Violence |
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