My husband and I were talking the other day, and we thought about our 11-year-old daughter graduating from the Class of 2020. Although our daughter graduating from high school seems so far into the future, as we just sent her off to middle school, the reality is it is only seven years away. As we...
Workplace Appreciation: Do Those You Work With Feel Appreciated? Did you know there are different ways we like to receive appreciation? Organizations are not made of bricks and mortar. They are made of individuals with unique hearts, different mind-sets, various talents, and diverse experiences. This diversity is what makes our organizations rich with creativity as each...
Many experts dubbed Ronald Reagan The Great Communicator. Bill Clinton still engages audiences today. Steve Jobs gave a heartfelt and authentic commencement speech at Stanford. What is it that these leaders had/have that connect them with their audiences? Certainly, these well-known leaders must have had the formal media training and understood the need to focus...
As leaders, we have the opportunity to begin again each new day as we journey with others and think about the power of our influence. Our influence is born from our daily choices and interactions with others, which include the words we choose to speak. You may remember the old saying, “sticks and stones may...
