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Category Archives: Personal development
New Attitude, Same Latitude
Once again, our yearly or thereabouts sojourn to Florida provided the inspiration for this article. Last year’s message was about First Impressions, and this year’s is a related theme: attitude. We’ve grown attached over the years to a favorite “Jimmy … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Personal development, Self Awareness
Tagged attitude, emotional intelligence, leadership, service
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Authenticity Is Two-Faced
There’s been a lot of talk about “authenticity;” we want authentic products, authentic experiences, and authentic leaders. We seek originality; we desire products and services, as well as leaders and organizations that are what they claim to be. Most of … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Performance, Personal development, Strategy
Tagged authenticity, awareness, leadership, strategy
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Step Up!
Where do your ideas, solutions and inspirations come from? If you’re like me, sometimes they originate unexpectedly, from sources that have no direct connection to any challenge or topic at hand. If you’ve read my articles before you know that … Continue reading
Posted in Integrity, Leadership, Motivation, Performance, Personal development
Tagged commitment, leadership, motivation, performance, personal development, training
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Coming Out
Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO, made news recently by publicly acknowledging his sexual preference; hats off to Mr. Cook and others like him who exercise that kind of courage. I’ve been thinking that there are other ways of “coming out” as … Continue reading
Posted in Diversity, Integrity, Leadership, Personal development
Tagged authenticity, diversity, leadership, LGBT, respect, truth
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Back To School!
After a few decades, Bowling Green State University recently readmitted me for completion of my master’s degree in Organization Development; the degree will be official this August. (No excuses, but somehow I never got around to finishing my thesis long … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Personal development
Tagged development, education, leadership, learning, talent management, training
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How About A “Selfie?”
So, “Selfie” is Oxford Dictionaries’ “word of the year!” “Selfies,” of course, are those snapshots that we see practically everyone taking of themselves with smart phones and posting on social media. Oxford explains how “selfie” earned its distinction because of … Continue reading
Doldrums
Day after day, day after day, We stuck, no breath no motion; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean. – (Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Rime of the Ancient Mariner) Sailors know doldrums well – persistent stillness and lack … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Performance, Personal development, Sailing and outdoors, Teamwork
Tagged depression, leadership, motivation, performance, sailing, sales
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Persistence – Is It Always Good?
I’ve been thinking about persistence a lot lately. It started in the middle of gathering firewood in the BWCA, sawing a downed log that was a tad large for my folding saw. I kept at it, and was eventually rewarded … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Leadership, Performance, Personal development, Uncategorized
Tagged entrepreneur, goals, motivation, persistence, personal development, success
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Clear the Deck!
In older days, “Clear the deck!” was a common command to prepare for doing battle at sea. The command focused attention, cleared visibility to gain a better perspective on the action, eliminated distractions and quickly channeled resources where they were … Continue reading
Situational Awareness
On October 22, 1707, four ships and at least 1,400 seamen of Her Majesty’s fleet were lost off the Isles of Scilly near England; the primary cause was miscalculation of longitude. On the night of April 14, 1912, the “unsinkable” … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Leadership, Personal development, Sailing and outdoors, Teamwork
Tagged authenticity, awareness, leadership, strategy
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