The Art of Possibility by Rosamund and Benjamin Zander is one of my favorite books from the leadership core at Otterbein University. Benjamin Zander is the conductor of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra. He is also an inspirational storyteller, speaking and writing about possibility thinking, living and leading. The clip below is just under two minutes, but provokes a meaningful activity [...]
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Tuesday Tidbit
April 10, 2012Newslink: Leadership
April 6, 2012Professional Kryptonite From A Devil’s Advocate Is leadership irrelevant? Is the real “power” today in the hands of followers? Has social media and the resulting perceived lack of privacy completely changed the way leaders and followers are viewed? Is the “leadership industry” dead? The End of Leadership, a new book written by Barbara Kellerman asks [...]
Thank you Thursday
April 5, 2012. In honor of the start of the major league baseball season, this week’s Tuesday Tidbit post included several baseball quotes that can also be applied to the workplace. After reading the message at work, one of my team members sent me the following email: You are just a wonder, El. This one really sums up [...]
Tuesday Tidbit
April 3, 2012Last week I had the opportunity to go to a couple of Spring training games in Florida. This week is Major League Baseball’s Opening Day. Seems like the perfect time to share some baseball quotes that apply to all workplaces, not just the grassy diamond. And, by the way, let’s go Yankees! Every strike brings [...]
Tuesday Tidbit
March 20, 2012Over the last year or so, my love of books has led me to connect with some publishers and publicists to do book reviews. I am currently reading a new BookSneeze offering from Thomas Nelson titled Simple Secrets to a Happy Life, by Luci Swindoll. The review will publish a week from Monday (love it, so [...]
Tuesday Tidbit
March 13, 2012In honor of March Madness and this week’s start of the NCAA basketball tournament, here are some basketball quotes that apply just as much to the office as to the hardwood. I have missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. On 26 occasions I have been entrusted to take [...]
Sunday Service – Kiva
March 11, 2012There are people all over the world who, while living in impoverished conditions, see a way out with an inspired entrepreneurial idea. These people are willing to work hard to farm or weave or fish or build, but don’t have the resources to get even the smallest business off the ground. More often than not, traditional financial institutions are either unavailable or [...]
Newslink: Leadership
March 9, 2012Leading Beyond Your Comfort Zone “Any challenge that invokes your fears, conflicts or issues is, by definition, outside your comfort zone.” That sentence starts the last paragraph of this week’s newslink, and that sentence is what grabbed my attention. My comfort zone has recently been shaken up – and that’s not necessarily a bad thing. If you’re in a [...]
Tuesday Tidbit
March 6, 2012This is “Words Matter Week,” sponsored by the National Association of Independent Writers and Editors. As someone who fancies herself a writer of sorts, the very idea of the week drew me in. As a leader, it made me think about the importance of the words we use every day in communications of all kinds with [...]
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