In a letter to her husband, John Adams, Abigail Adams said: “We have too many high sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.” I imagine we have all been there at one time or another: when folks say much, yet do not live in integrity with their words and actions. It can be […]
A lot has been written about the use of silence in selling, negotiating, and in all sorts of business scenarios. There is a good reason for that! There comes a point in almost any sales pitch or negotiation when the other person should be talking AND there comes a point when no one should be […]
I heard an interesting interview a few weeks ago with, of all people: Simon Cowell. I actually have a strange respect for Simon Cowell. He says what we all secretly want to say, he says it with candor and direct honesty, and he never apologizes for his opinion. Whatever your opinions of him are, one […]
As leaders we find ourselves facing hard decisions on a regular basis. The most difficult ones are seldom black and white. These are the decisions that force us to choose between competing values. It is not easy or clear cut. Often these decisions are not clearly ‘good’ or ‘bad,’ instead they become the lesser of evils where neither […]
In our first “From the Cockpit interview” with Steve Lee, chief pathfinder, Quicksilver Interactive Group, we discussed the criticality of alignment between social media and the company’s strategic direction. So, I went in search of success stories on companies that have implemented creative social media strategies to support their overall business objectives. I found these […]
In this podcast, we hear about finding the “bright spots” in ourselves and applying those strengths in new and different ways in our work and life.
This Between the Lines article is being written primarily at the request of my readers. Many have mentioned to me the increasing prevalence of improper, inappropriate, and often just downright rude behaviors. This may be somewhat similar to an entry made back in 2009 entitled That’s So Rude. Unfortunately, it appears the trend is ‘up’ for […]
Recently, I had the extreme honor of attending the 100th birthday party of Ebby Halliday, founder and chairman of the board of Ebby Halliday, REALTORS, at the Mort Meyerson Symphony Center. It was an extraordinary evening. Ebby always dreamed of being a bareback rider in the circus; thus, how fitting that the theme was a […]
A client of mine recently shared a fabulous book with me: WIN: Take your Business from Ordinary to Extraordinary. Interesting book, with meaty information for leaders from every aspect of the organization – sales to finance to operations to Board. There was one list which was particularly compelling – the 10 attributes of a winner. […]
Recently, I read an article about Stephen Covey, (not the Stephen Covey from ‘The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People’ fame, but his son). The article was espousing the virtues of trust, and how our world in business and society, not to mention geo-politically, has become a pervasively low-trust world. His perspective on trust is […]