…You just can’t tell him much.” This well-worn joke seems to be more pertinent today than ever. Two realities running in parallel speak volumes of the times in which we live. The President continues to push his agenda by “trumpeting“ tax reform. So far he has...
When a waitress asks “Can I get you anything else?” I often joke: “Yeah, money and power would be great.” (Everybody laughs and agrees they’d like more.) In reality, wouldn’t we like more power? Wouldn’t make things easier? Probably…. Let’s assume it would be good....
“If someone calls you an ass, you can ignore them. If three people call you an ass, you better start looking for a saddle.” This timeless Yiddish saying is a good lesson for us all, that is, when do we pay attention to the feedback we receive from others? The answer,...
In these challenging times, many people are asking “where is the leadership we need?” Well to answer that question we have first to agree on what we are looking for, then see if we can find it. Unfortunately, the traditional model of “leadership” characterizes those...
One of my favorite introductory workshop activities is to ask people to share their “road not taken,” that is, to talk about any one of the many choices they have faced, and not taken, on their path to the present. The point of the activity is to warm people up, get...
