the nastsy control panel that disturbs my slumber The window above our heads shook violently, startling my husband and I out of deep sleeps. We sat up in bed and listened to the frightening wind storm blowing outside. As our eyes adjusted to the light level in the room, we noticed that both alarm clocks [...]
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Being an effective leader isn’t easy. When you look at the top of your organization you’ll most likely see a blend of strong and weak leaders. What makes the strong ones strong and the weak ones weak? How can you avoid being one of the weak ones as you make your way up your organizational [...]
This weekend I read the Time Magazine special edition of “Mother Teresa at 100.” I don’t subscribe to her particular religion, but I’ve always admired her ability to lead others. So I jumped at the opportunity to learn more about her. The most surprising thing I learned was that there were long periods in her ministry when she no [...]
I woke up in a panic, sweating. I dreamed about an employee I laid off last year. It was her wedding anniversary and her husband was taking her out to a fancy restaurant. She was dressed beautifully and looked happier and more radiant than I had ever seen her. Another worker came over and scolded me, [...]
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One of the most challenging tasks for me as a working mother is balancing work and family. It doesn’t matter which role I’m working on- I feel guilty about not spending enough time on the other one. The end result is no matter how hard I work on a given day, at the end of it some [...]
Here we all are, paused, at the top of the roller coaster of the calendar year. We are about to plunge into the Holiday Season- the final six weeks. Sure it is a wild, exhilarating ride- special school programs, family visits, and plenty of traditional food. But it is a stressful time. There are too [...]
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The word is whispered around a cubicle wall- layoffs. The office productivity stops. Employees look around to see if anybody is missing. The conference room door is closed and the managers are all in there. The rumors are confirmed by cars leaving the parking lot too early in the day. Nobody breathes. Finally, management makes [...]
How much time do you spend thinking? For all of us in leadership roles, it is critical that we carve time out of our days for thinking. It affects our creativity, our ability to strategize, and it improves our overall performance in all aspects of our lives. Dr. John Maxwell, famous author and [...]