I love the arts, so please allow me to express myself in this arena as well.
I finally realized why certain reality TV shows are so engrossing.
The directors/writers have cleverly constructed two shows in one – one is the narrative story, which progresses from event to event. But the other (much juicier) show is the personal [...]
Can everybody learn and grow? At what pace, and at what cost?
The head of IT for a large insurance firm seemed to be floundering after about a year on the job. Following his department’s release of a flawed systems update, the CEO had issued some commands and demands to the entire organization. The IT [...]
I find it so bracing to read and hear Obama confront tough issues, lay out the facts as he and his staff know them, and open the dialogue with key stakeholders. In an interview with David Leonhardt in Sunday’s New York Times Magazine, the President addressed some of the current burning hotplate dilemmas our [...]
A coaching colleague sought my advice for a difficult coaching situation which she was assigned. It appears a highly successful executive has finally insulted enough internal colleagues that management has decided to call for the services of a coach. This behavior has been going on for several years yet because the executive is such a [...]