I have a saying that I use when the going gets tough, and it isn’t the cliché that probably popped into your head. Many years ago, my youngest son, then 9 years old, was tagging along with me at work.
I live in South Florida in a house that borders a sprawling, old Florida style golf course. It is deliberately planted with native trees and plants and is surrounded by pools and creeks of tidal water. We share the landscape
Early in my career I gained some experience in the insurance industry, so tucked in the back of my mind always is the awareness of risk. Ironically, one risk is assuming your insurance broker, attorney, accountant, or banker have considered
It’s the final quarter of 2020. Have you caught your breath yet? We have endured disruptions of seismic proportions and it is still too early to determine the toll. While this may not be the first crisis your company has
“The power of the people is stronger than the people in power.” Wael Ghonim All great leaders are pondering how to respond to our nation’s racial outcry right now. People are pleading for those in power to step up and
This post has been brewing for a decade. As a people manager, I seem to get captured by a whole lot of commiserating over bad employees. Perhaps you too are tired of the Millennial cliché. People have made careers telling
Oh my goodness, did that post title actually capture your interest? It was meant to be ironic. Come on people. We are better than this. There are no secrets to becoming a leader any more than there are secrets to
I am for the most part a mild-mannered person, a quality which is perhaps in my DNA, but largely the result of practiced patience and surrender. Still, my steadiness comes unglued when I hear tales of bad leadership (admittedly, something
