A couple of months ago I had the fortune of sitting in on a talk that Deepak Chopra was giving while promoting his new book, “The Soul of Leadership.” This is not the first time I’ve had such pleasure to experience an inevitably calm discussion with Dr. Chopra. The first time was way back in [...]
Deepak is deep.
April 1st, 2011Tags: amp, blog, call, calm, client, columbia tristar, deepak chopra, discussion, enormity, exposure, fortune, hard time, LOE, Lot, phrase, pleasure, purpose, TriStar, venue, way
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No, you can’t… go it alone
March 23rd, 2011No, you can not – succeed… alone. There’s just no way, to go it alone. I tell this to folks all the time. I remind myself, all the time. Everyone contributes skills & competencies to creative projects, and all involved should challenge each other, & be the push for growth. All the while, enabling opportunity, [...]
Tags: charlie rose, communication industry, creative projects, ipad, jack dorsey, personal traits, successful team, successful teams, teamwork plan, twitter
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It’s not enough
March 10th, 2011It’s not enough to see your employees in meetings and observe them through a pass-by in the hall and think you understand how they are feeling about their role in the company, you as their boss, or the company itself. It’s not enough to ask them periodically in an annual review (which is an antiquated [...]
Tags: antiquated system, body, com, day job, earnings per share, employee engagement, EPS, eps growth, financial performance, Gallup, gallup research, hall, indicator, leading indicator, rate, share, team meetings, time, way, whol
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Untapped Resources
March 6th, 2011I spent this morning in the rain, running. My daughter is a runner – an awesome runner who has succinctly improved her timed mile over the past few years. Today was the first time I’ve chaperoned with her group in a New York Road Runners event. She’s a far better runner than I am now, [...]
Tags: amp, are, best time, bottom line, course, creativity, daughter, event, external resources, finish line, level, line, new york road runners, pouring down rain, resourcefulness, run, Runners, time, untapped resources, york road runners
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Need not linger
January 5th, 2011A few weeks ago we talked about the need to not linger in places where we are not creative, innovative, or simply motivated. This may have struck a chord with some of you – particularly since this has been a large topic of choice in my office over the past year! It’s obviously (as we [...]
Tags: best foot, change, choice, chord, course, different ways, excitement, Happy, happy new year, interplay, lifecycle, motivators, need, new experiences, personal life, professional career, professional life, reflection, way, year
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