Two Sides of the Same Coin: different but closely related features of one idea (i.e. Rewards and punishments are two sides of the same coin – both are used to control people, and neither works very well). Who am I? I used to know that answer, could relate it in my sleep. I was the [...]
Five Percent
I am a caring, compassionate, committed leader. Or so my contract says. It seems like lately the only thing I should be is committed. I often times feel lost, without direction. Everywhere I turn, I see a door close without another one opening. That’s the power of the five percent. Personal and business hopes and [...]
I am Source
I Am Source AN OPEN LETTER TO MY SON, MAX. Source (n): anything or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin: Dear Max, I am Source. I’ve spent most of the last year trying to understand this concept while going through the Zarvos leadership development coaching I’ve been involved in since January. [...]
Love is Enough.
In our meeting a week or so ago, I challenged our small group to contact one person every day that we listed on our LOA as the “relationship you’re committed to elevating from a level 1-5″. There were 15 days left of VIA at the time, and as Indy 64, I don’t recall ever talking [...]
Enough is Enough
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!! My big brother and I often heard this phrase from one or both of our parents. It might have been said while we were sitting right up against the dividing line my folks would have created in the back seat of the station wagon. Barry got the passenger side of the car, [...]
One Talking, One Not
All my life I have heard about the special bond between a mother and a daughter, not to the exclusion or detriment of sons, but it’s just “different” with women. OK, I get it. I always have, although with me, it’s fathers and sons. I have two boys, go figure. These days, my boys are [...]
Trying… no more.
“extremely annoying, difficult, or the like; straining one’s patience and goodwill to the limit” Not exactly the definition I thought I would find first, but fitting. I’m tired of “trying” That was the original title of this blog, but as is often the case in life, where you thought you were headed doesn’t always come [...]
Be afraid… be very afraid
Selfish: devoted to or caring only for oneself; concerned primarily with one’s own interests, benefits, welfare, etc., regardless of others Selfless: having little or no concern for oneself, especially with regard to fame, position, money, etc.; unselfish Two sides of the same coin. I was having lunch with a dear friend, colleague, client, dream-catcher, and [...]
I make people cry…
I make people cry… I played a clown in a junior high school production, full clown make-up (I was a “happy clown”), big red nose, rainbow wig, giant shoes, and a squirting flower on the lapel of my clown jacket. The show was going great, and then came intermission, at which point I was to [...]
ROI – 2011 edition
Roi, a 1993 song by The Breeders in their album Last Splash Roi Et and Roi Et province in Thailand Roi Klein, an Israeli Defense major Roi-Namur, an island in the Marshall Islands “Le Roi” (French for “the King”), a nickname for French basketball player Antoine Rigaudeau USS Roi (CVE-103), a US war ship Answer… [...]
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As Founder and Chief Instigator of Employee Hold’em, I spend considerable time with my clients on issues related to attracting, motivating, and retaining top talent.
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