Newslink: Leadership

Jot Once, Remember Anywhere  OK, notetaking isn’t exactly a leadership skill.  But, I happen to be compulsive about taking notes in meetings of all kinds, so this article drew me in. Today’s newslink has some great tips for all different ways to jot quick...

Thank you Thursday

SOPA Stop Online Piracy Act.* I don’t know enough about it, yet. I do know that bloggers are one population that could be seriously impacted. You may have noticed yesterday that many tech websites were either blacked out or carried links to information about...

Waving the white flag!

If you read my last post, you know that I was participating in an attempt to “hijack” Fast Company’s “The Influence Project.” The goal was to try and turn something that was, frankly, annoying, and turn it into a force for good.  The hope...

Influencing The Influence Project

My July 17 post shared a link to an article about Fast Company’s “The Influence Project.”  In my introduction, I shared that I felt “sucked in” by the influence project tweets.  The standard message was a link to a Fast Company article,...

Newslink: Leadership

Welcome To The Influence Project At its most basic level, leadership is influence.  Sometimes, the influence can lead us to a place we don’t want to go.  Have you been sucked in by “The Influence Project” tweets?  I admit, I was curious the first...

Help Soldiers Read to Their Children

I am an unabashed book-lover.  This photo is my leadership library; nearly 300 volumes strong.  My enjoyment of reading is not a recent phenomonon, though.  Even as a child, I was a voracious reader. When we found out I was pregnant with our first child back in 1979,...