“Everyone travels up Jackass Hill at their own pace”

This has always been a comforting line from my mom whenever I bemoaned the latest travails of my children. It is easy to laugh about – until someone dear to you steps off “the path.” Somewhere along the way we have colluded around “normal” behavior and...

Shana Brodnax

Shana Brodnax Special Skills: Leadership Coaching, Leadership Development Training and Design, Group Dynamics/Facilitation Sector Specialties: Not-for-Profit, Public • Former nonprofit executive with 20 years of experience driving results in community-based change...

Disappointing Your Own People at a Rate They Can Absorb

Pop quiz: There are three ways people get ahead in organizations. Which one best describes you? Some people are really good at taking care of or fixing things – very steady, very reliable. They often have been rewarded, even promoted for this. We call them...

Exploring the relationship between activity and impact

Exploring the relationship between activity and impact The Hamster Wheel Many of us have kept hamsters – really cute rodents who provide hours of entertainment with their antics and often serve valuable life lessons for children about taking care of other beings....

The Problem with Millennials

It didn’t appear “millennials” were in the conversation about the “problem” being solved. It came across as the conversation we Baby Boomers are having about these problematic Millennials – whom we created! In fairness to the firms in the article, the problem...