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Cookies

My favorite Sesame Street character has always been Cookie Monster. Well, I did like Grover, especially when he was Super Grover, but I don’t think he is around anymore. Cookie Monster might have...

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A Few Kind Words

Com-pli-ment [kom-pluh-ment] Noun- an expression of praise, commendation, or admiration: A sincere compliment boosts one’s morale. Verb (used with an object)- to pay a compliment to: She complimented a...

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Delegate!

Delegation takes time–to organize, prioritize and monitor the tasks that you give over to other people, but it’s a good investment. The truth is, the cost of avoiding it is much higher! If you are...

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Delegate! – Part II

          I imagine you’ve been waiting all week for “Delegate! Part II.” It’s hard to argue with the principle of delegation, but effectively practicing it is a bit of an art. We learn by doing...

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Commitment

It’s not hard to have fun at a good wedding. By “good” I mean food, dancing, friends and family. A little champagne doesn’t hurt. But, of course, the really good part is the hopeful and happy...

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Piano Lessons

In the third grade I started riding my bicycle up the hill to Mrs. Evans house for piano lessons.  Every week pedaling uphill I huffed and puffed my attitude toward music lessons. The piano was okay;...

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Reframing

While we’re on the topic of reframing (see last week’s post) I’d like to talk about that process in the context of leadership. Since everyone has a worldview, a belief system, a “frame” through which...

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New Year’s Resolutions

This is the second quarter of 2013, and I thought it was time to check up on our New Year’s resolutions. “You can’t be serious,” you might say, “I made those resolutions months ago,” and I would...

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Second Innocence

We tend to associate innocence with childhood, when we naturally see the world as full of possibility; we are spontaneous, forgiving, creative and fully engaged in the moment. Then as we age our...

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Poetry, Art and the Real You

Vicky Edmonds is a writer and an advocate for the power of poetry to bring our deepest truths to the surface of our lives. In 2003 she conducted a writing workshop during the afterschool program at...

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It’s All Love

Have you ever had that dream, the one where you come home and someone else has dinner ready? Or the version where someone pops their head in your office and says, “I’m getting some coffee, would you...

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