Book Review: Servant Leadership In Action

Book Review: Servant Leadership In Action

Servant Leadership In Action (How You Can Achieve Great Relationships and Results); a collection of essays edited by Ken Blanchard and Renee Broadwell, published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., March 2018. As someone who unflinchingly believes that real,...

An Authentic Community Conversation

Who are we? What does community mean? What community (or communities) do we belong to? What do we care about in our community? What changes would we like to see in the community? What are we willing to do for our community? These are the meaningful and difficult...
Food For Thought on Memorial Day Weekend

Food For Thought on Memorial Day Weekend

How are you spending this Memorial Day? I think we are pretty typical. We’ll be heading out early to a flea market, enjoying a local parade, grilling some burgers and, maybe, working in the garden a bit. We might take in a ballgame or go for a bike ride....
Public Speaking: A Service To Your Audience

Public Speaking: A Service To Your Audience

Last week. I heard a terrific presentation by executive coach Ann Gallagher at the October Ross Leadership Hour. She generously shared a lot of good information and helpful tips on “The Five Cs” of executive presence; confidence, connection, clarity,...
Really? THAT’S Bribing A Public Official? Hmm…

Really? THAT’S Bribing A Public Official? Hmm…

I generally don’t have too many issues with the laws of our town, state or country. Rules and boundaries are required to maintain a civilized society. Every once in a while, though, I come across a law that makes me scratch my head. It happened just this...

Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth. -Muhammad Ali

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