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When we think of consultants, we often think of a sharply dressed expert, gray at the temples, who darts from business to business analyzing, proposing, and then billing you for enormous sums of money. Okay, maybe that's a bit of a simplification and an unfair characterization, but as a consultant myself, I don't think I'm…

Within your subconscious mind there is a mental mirror that helps you to reflect on who and how you are as a person. This mirror’s purpose is to help you examine yourself so that you have some idea how you are seen by others, which then helps guide you toward the best way to fit…

Remember those days of back-to-back hour-long meetings? Well, they’re gone, and they won't be coming back— I mean ever. I’m not saying that we won’t have an occasional 60-minute meeting, but videoconferencing is changing more than where we meet; it’s also changing for how long we meet. I hate to say, “I told you so”…

A year ago, my banker confidently told me that my car loan would come through within 24 hours. I made all the arrangements to pick up the car from the dealer the next day, as well as making plans for the weekend. After months of lockdown due to Covid19, the prospect of finally venturing out…

Two of my musical heroes passed away this fall.  First, my conducting mentor at Arizona State University, conductor of the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra, and former Principal Trombonist of the Philadelphia Orchestra, Henry Charles Smith; and most recently, the estimable lyricist and composer, Stephen Sondheim. Both were American intellectual and musical giants who significantly inspired me, both Renaissance men, and both nonagenarians at the time…

In this TED video, Drew Dudley (tell me his parents didn’t name him after some fictional cowboy figure), helps us recognize the power of everyday leadership.  It’s an amazing concept that we should all aspire to.  Drew talks about a “lollypop moment”.  It’s a moment that I think many of us, as leaders and as regular…