Changing Your Mind

Thursday May 7, 2015 #723 “The foolish and the dead never change their opinions.” ~James Russell Lowell In this constantly evolving world in which we live, we must have the character strength to allow new information and changing circumstances to challenge our...

Listening

Thursday August 14, 2014 #653″Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. The friends who listen to us are the ones we move toward. When we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold and expand.”~Karl A. MenningerIt is interesting...

Evolving Through Curiosity

Tuesday July 29, 2014 #648 “Read every day something no one else is reading. Think every day something no one else is thinking. It is bad for the mind to be always part of unanimity.”  ~Christopher Darlington Morley The most boring people I know, and usually the least...

Courage to Listen

Thursday January 16, 2014 #594   “Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.”   ~Winston Churchill   When I think about the characteristics of strong leaders I have worked with or for, one key...

Creating a motivational environment

Tuesday July 2, 2013 #537   “What a thrill one gets when you can see a light brighten before you in the eyes of one that listens.”   ~David K. Aaker   As leaders, we are called upon to motivate our teams.  However, it is clear that no one can be motivated...

Hearing whaat isn’t being said

Tuesday May 28, 2013 #527   “The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn’t being said.”   ~Peter F. Drucker   Great communicators are not only the erudite and inspiring orators we all think of.  In reality, the best communicators are...