Motherhood: The Ultimate Leadership Model?

Recently, I’ve been refreshing my memory on Kouzes and Posner’s The Leadership Challenge. It dawned on me today that the five practices of exemplary leadership (with all due apologies to the authors) could easily be renamed the five practices of exemplary...

6 Leadership Lessons From Rudolph

I originally wrote this post for Linked 2 Leadership and shared it with my team in December 2010. It must ring true as it has been used by several other companies for holiday and leadership inspiration. A member of my leadership team even framed it as a wonderful gift...
Thank you and happy Thanksgiving!

Thank you and happy Thanksgiving!

As we head into the Thanksgiving holiday, I thought I should practice what I preach (so to speak) and express some gratitude – to you! Thank you for reading my thoughts here on the blog. Thank you for supporting the launch of elbiddulph.com. Thank you for...
The Act – And The Gift – of Mothering

The Act – And The Gift – of Mothering

Like many – perhaps you – I will not be celebrating the joy of motherhood with my Mom on Mother’s Day. Mom died of Alzheimer’s related complications in 2012. She had spent the last seven plus years in the Alzheimer’s care unit of a...
Friday (Before Christmas) Food For Thought

Friday (Before Christmas) Food For Thought

Christmas is two days away. Two days! How is your stress level? Are the gifts bought? And wrapped? Are your cards in the mail? Are all the decorations up? Cookies baked? Meals planned? Groceries bought? House cleaned? Playlist finished? Travel plans made? Suitcases...