Earlier sunsets and cooler mornings herald the changing seasons. Even though autumn has arrived, I am not yet ready for it. This is rather laughable as I choose to live in the northern hemisphere and … Read More
Random Acts of Kindness in Manhattan
Media reports highlight the divisions among us every day. Anti-vaccination protests in Canada are blocking ambulances and patients requiring urgent care. The crisis in Afghanistan is a humanitarian tragedy of epic proportions. A US Supreme … Read More
Slowing Down to the Speed of Life
Like many of you, much of my life has been traversed in what often seemed to be a race. From the time I was a teenager, I had a packed schedule and juggled part-time jobs, … Read More
Crystallizing the Gains
When managing our investments, we may secure the gains and growth by selling stocks when they are at a peak. In the heated North American residential real estate market, many owners are selling their homes … Read More
Trade Anger for Humanity
Are you seeing the smoldering anger or outright flames of indignation that I am? People are divided over politics, over COVID vaccines, over whether children should be in school for their mental health or home … Read More
Enabling Extraordinary Results During a Pandemic
How are you spending your workday? Are you drowning in Zoom meetings? How many times do you check email and voicemail messages or pick up your smartphone? Stephen Covey calls it the “whirlwind.” You are incredibly … Read More
Who Would Ever Have Expected This?
Recognize the power of mindset. I have written of this before; it is so powerful that it bears repeating. Over the past couple of years, a dear friend lost both of her elderly parents; now … Read More
Deep Thinking
Many executives are inadvertently getting in the way of innovation, creativity, and productivity from their teams. And sometimes from themselves. We now have ready access to more information from more sources than at any other … Read More
The Power of Brevity in a Virtual World
For many years, I considered executive summaries and/or abstracts as analogous to most effective executive interactions. “Be bright. Be brief. Be gone.” one of my former leaders used to say. That was a great lesson. … Read More
It Has Been the Best of Times and the Worst of Times
Books will be written, and movies will be filmed about 2020 and 2021, the years a raging pandemic brought the world to its collective knees. It has been both the best of times and the … Read More