Trevor Harley, is a talented, smart guy. And he is currently looking for a new job opportunity. While I haven’t talked to him in depth about it, I know he is doing all of the normal, standard, smart things to look for a job. But as the email I received yesterday shows, he is doing
A few years ago Major League Baseball took steps to increase player safety by changing helmet specifications. The NFL has also redesigned helmets in an effort to reduce the number of concussions. Baseball helmets can now withstand a baseball at a speed of 100 mph without breaking or impacting the safety of the player wearing
On my Remarkable Learning blog I recently wrote about the dangerous and powerful question we can use. (While you will want to read the post, the question is “Why?”) On Twitter I recently tweeted “Remarkable Leaders are great question askers.” Which got a number or retweets and comments. In part because of these recent events, and
Guest Post from Jenny Pratt . . . . Time Magazine recently conducted this poll: “Now that Walter Cronkite has passed on, who is America’s most trusted newscaster?” 9410 people responded and 44% said Jon Stewart of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show. NBC New’s Brian Williams was a rather distant 2nd with 29%. Seriously? Jon Stewart is the
It’s no doubt that the Boston Red Sox have been one of the most successful professional baseball teams in Major League Baseball. Since 2004 the Red Sox have been managed by Terry Francona, who has proven himself an exceptional team manager and leader. Like in any sport, baseball teams don’t become successful overnight. It takes
With U.S. soccer fresh on our minds from the Confederations Cup I wanted to bring to light the leadership situation that major leader soccer team L.A. Galaxy is currently dealing with, and has been dealing with for some time. Some preliminary information: 2005: Landon Donovan arrives (serves as captain) 2007: David Beckham arrives (takes over
When I was visiting Law School’s this past fall during the midst of the economic meltdown, I saw how two Law School Dean’s reacted to their potential new law students firing questions at them. Both of the Dean’s leadership skills were evident from just 5 minutes of Q and A. These short 5 minutes showed
When it comes to goal achievement, we as leaders (and individuals), for the most part, have got it all wrong. What follows applies to you from a coaching and mentoring perspective, and will help you create more leadership influence (as well as provide you with great messages in your leadership communication). As leaders, we help teams,
This time of year thousands of speeches are given at high school and college commencement exercises. I am especially aware of this since tomorrow, I will be giving one at A.T. Still University. Because of the occasion at least one of the components of all of these speeches will be to inspire the assembled graduates
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