The topic of leadership style is an important one, and one that usually comes up as I teach leadership to groups everywhere. Sometimes the phrase “leadership style” itself isn’t mentioned, and yet it is underneath many conversations, questions, and even excuses (I’ll get to that in a bit). My goal today is to share some

By: Johnny Cash I am a country music fan, grew up listening to Johnny Cash, and I love biographies. I also purchased House of Cash, an awesome coffee table book, written by Johnny’s son a few months back which heightened my interest in the Man in Black. OK, but you may be thinking . .

I’m of the age where I remember television shows moving from black and white to color – Bewitched, The Beverly Hillbillies and Andy Griffith immediately come to mind.  When these transitions happened they were widely advertised, but we didn’t have color television yet (the fall of 1972 for us).  Nonetheless, I remember the transition, and

By Jessica Hagy This is a cool book.   I don’t know how else to describe it. The back of the book (which unfortunately you can’t see online, so here is a picture for you) is even cool.  Yep, the back promises “how to live at the intersection of wonder, awe, and curiosity.”  Doesn’t that sound

Success with goals is a funny thing – the source of many books and much discussion. Much tends to focus on the fear of failure – people not setting goals – or not moving toward them for fear of failing. Today’s quotation, from the 1st century BC, points in a different direction – towards a