I’m an optimist and positive-thinking person. So this quotation resonates with me. I hope it does with you, and if it doesn’t, perhaps it challenges your thinking just a bit. Since there is so much in life that is uncertain . . .  think about this. “When nothing is sure, everything is possible.” – Margaret Drabble, author
By Jacob Morgan Organizations need to collaborate to be successful. This has always been true. What has changed is the complexity of organizations, the size of organizations, the increasing desire for speed, and the dispersion of team member both from a traditional office and around the globe. Technology over the last several years has provided
Since at least 1894, the US Department of Agriculture has created guidelines and models for creating a balanced diet. With each iteration of their recommendations the dietary experts try to give us an easy-to-use guideline for eating in a healthy and well balanced way. This is a useful practice and one worth emulating for other
In the training work that I do, regardless of the subject matter, communication is always part of it in some way or another. Â I recently read the quotation that follows, and it elegantly states a very important communication principle. (Leave it to a poet to be elegant!) “Saying nothing sometimes says the most.” – Emily
While facilitating a Bud to Boss Workshop this week, one of the participants (thanks, Margaret) used the phrase “chin up” to describe the leader’s need to look further out and keep a broader perspective of a situation. Â The phrase got repeated within the class a few times, and now I can’t get it out of
Forgiveness. We all want it. And sometimes it is hard to grant to others. While there are psychological and spiritual reasons why forgiveness is important, that isn’t the focus here. Make no mistake; I am going to try to convince you why forgiveness is important for you and your business though. While I believe the
Self-esteem gets talked about a lot in schools. Â We wonder and concern ourselves with it in our children. Â Yet it isn’t like a drivers license – you don’t automatically qualify for it at a certain age. Â And in my experience and observation, this is a bigger limiting factor to our (and others’) success than most
Forget more money and better benefits. We think that is what people need, to which most managers and leaders say – “I can’t give them more” or “That’s out of my hands.”  The good news is those aren’t the things that will move the needle. A recent (February and March of 2012) Career Builder survey of
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