Why are instructions for empowerment so disempowering?
I am reading in my studies this week that organisations with empowered staff perform better. We also know the way to disempower a person is… Read more
A brief summary of the 2010 Willow Creek Global Leadership Summit
To be considered a sustainable success, organisations must stand for something more than the product or service they provide. This is my prevailing take-away among many… Read more
Leadership questions to remember: 10 qualities that mark a leader and help influence the leadership process
We have three choices in challenging situations: 1) Change your perspective; 2) Influence your situation; or 3) Leave. Option 2 is the focus for leaders… Read more
Covey’s Seven Habits for the Digital Agency – Habit 3: Putting first things first
What is the most important thing you can be doing right now? We asked ourselves that question in the studio as we munched Cocoa Pops… Read more
Covey’s Seven Habits for the Digital Agency – Habit 2 (part 2): Finding and keeping your centre
What would you consider your centre? Where are your values focused and from where do you draw your security, guidance, wisdom, and power? These are… Read more
How did you break your chin? (a reflection on self-disclosure reciprocity)
My kid traded her bike for pavement last week in her participation of one of life’s more popular character-building exercises. As I conveyed the particulars… Read more
Covey’s Seven Habits for the Digital Agency – Habit 2: Keeping the end in mind (the java jedi mind trick)
If you have dealt with anyone you have considered a “client” or “customer”, you join millions who have followed a fairly typical five-step approach. You… Read more
Covey’s Seven Habits for the Digital Agency – Habit 1: Be proactive
We recently started a morning “breakfast club” in the studio, and first topic is the desktop reading of Covey’s .Seven Habits of Highly Effective People…. Read more
A brief summary of the 2009 Global Leadership Summit
This year’s leadership conference continued the humanitarian and postmodern message. Plenty to take away, the challenge now is in the application. The what? Each year,… Read more
A response to “Who am I”? (exploring identity for you, your organisation, and your position in the organisation)
We often hear advice cautioning us against letting work define who we are. Research I did for a recent assignment turns that advice back on… Read more
Emotional Chondroid Hamartoma: dealing with your emotional tough nodules
A final hospital visit has ended my lung lump saga with a name: chondroid hamartoma (roughly translated as “tough nodule”). The discovery makes me wonder… Read more
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Crystal
Yep, your closing statement says it all. :)
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Theresa
you summed up the truth rather well in…
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