Tuesday Tidbit on Lionel Richie, a Great Song, and Your Career

I’m not the best singer. I’m not the best dancer. I can play the piano OK. But I can write a great song. -Lionel Richie I heard that quote yesterday and wondered how many of us have discovered what we’re really great at. As I reflected further, I...

BFP Inspiration Moment on Looking Up

How often do we wake up and hit the floor running? Head down, things to do, grab a coffee and we’re off to work. I would guess that for most of us, that’s our daily routine. Consider what might be possible if we paused a moment and looked up? Blue sky....
Book Review: Under New Management

Book Review: Under New Management

Under New Management, (How Leading Organizations Are Upending Business As Usual), written by David Burkus and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016. What rules or practices are in place at your company that you would like to change? The annual performance...
Tuesday Tidbit on the Courage to Lead

Tuesday Tidbit on the Courage to Lead

This is the final installment in the April series of notes from the Columbus Women in Leadership Symposium, offered earlier this month by the Ohio Diversity Council. I hope you have found some inspiration in reading them; consider sharing them with your team, too. You...
BFP Inspiration Moment on Following Your Heart

BFP Inspiration Moment on Following Your Heart

How is your gut instinct? Some people are remarkably successful by doing what their heart leads them to do. Not recklessly, not blindly, but when logic says one thing and the gut says another…well, the gut is most often right. I think people who follow their gut...