Book Review: Why Are There Snowblowers in Miami?

Book Review: Why Are There Snowblowers in Miami?

Why Are There Snowblowers in Miami? (Transform Your Business Using Five Principles of Engagement), written by Steven D. Goldstein, published by Greenleaf Book Group Press, September 2016. Once in a while, I read a book and I just can’t relate. The author’s...

Tuesday Tidbit on Inspirational Leaders

As we celebrated Independence Day yesterday, I saw a lot of quotes attributed to our Founding Fathers. They were certainly inspirational leaders, weren’t they? They laid out a vision of a new future of independence, explained why it was necessary, crafted a plan...
Tuesday Tidbit: What Would Your Followers Say?

Tuesday Tidbit: What Would Your Followers Say?

Below are two comments made by two different people about their boss. The first was made at an offsite workday; three women were talking about a phone call one of them had just received, apparently from her manager. She was surprised at how pleasant the call was and...
Tuesday Tidbit: Leading With Caring & Compassion

Tuesday Tidbit: Leading With Caring & Compassion

What does love have to do with leadership? Everything! There is a lot of focus on love this month with Valentine’s Day falling on the fourteenth. But, leadership is not about romantic love. It is an agape love rich in caring and compassion, inspiration and...
Tuesday Tidbit: New Year’s Decisions

Tuesday Tidbit: New Year’s Decisions

Here we are, New Year’s week. Have you thought about your resolutions? So much pressure, right? Let’s take some of that pressure off. At its core, a resolution is simply a decision. The turn of a new year is a logical and popular time to resolve, or...
Book Review: Start With Why by Simon Sinek

Book Review: Start With Why by Simon Sinek

Book Review: Start With Why; How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action, by Simon Sinek; published by the Penguin Group in 2009. When you pull a book out of my leadership library, the amount of highlighted text is usually a good indicator of how much I enjoyed...