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 […]
I have recently been amazed at how prevalent ‘being late’ has become. As professionals, and simply polite individuals, being perpetually late is simply not an option. The rational goes beyond the fact that being late is just plain being rude to the other party. There are 3 very salient additional reasons why being late is simply […]
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 […]
Most of us are familiar with the adage: Hindsight’s 20/20. And many parents, leaders, and experienced business executives tout that experience is the best teacher. In addition, often when we look back upon our lives and career experiences, we realize ‘we could’ve or should’ve’ done something differently to achieve a different result and espouse, ‘Well, hindsight is […]
Recently, I was asked what I thought played into an individual’s success when assuming a leadership or executive role. Clearly, there are numerous books, studies, and entire programs built around building leadership capacity. However, when trying to structure my answer to this group of leaders, these were the basic pillars which I offered as a foundation for […]
This past Sunday’s New York Time’s From the Corner Office was particularly provocative to me, as it reinforced something which had been instilled in me at an early age. The interview with Romil Bahl, president and C.E.O. of PRGX, a data mining and audit recovery firm, was conducted and condensed by Adam Bryant. Romil was discussing […]
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. […]
Our life is what our thoughts make it. A man will find that as he alters his thoughts toward things and other people, things and other people will alter towards him. ~ James Allen What are we thinking which is manifesting in our lives? How can we ‘change the frame’ around those thoughts which […]
“We do not see things as they are. We see things as we are.” ~ The Talmud How do we see things? What factors impact our view? How can we change the frame through which we view the world?
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 […]