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It's just an illusion caused by the world spinning round"
(excerpt from Do You Realize? - The Flaming Lips)
Keep Going
In the Closing chapter of Joseph Marshall’s Keep Going we overhear the conversation of an aging grandfather and his adult son: He reminded me often, as I remind you now; there is another Grandfather. Remember that in our language Grandfather also refers to the Great Power others call God. The…
Read MoreFinding Joy During Difficult Times
Things Should Not Be This Way Richard Rohr, an author, Franciscan Friar, and founder of the Center for Action and Contemplation (CAC) related the following story in one of his daily meditations: According to a Buddhist legend, there once was a woman who sought out the Buddha after losing her…
Read MoreThe White Coat Theorem
I still remember that afternoon in 2002 very clearly. It is one of those deep images that I have interspersed in my otherwise patchy overall memory. I was in Fort Wayne, Indiana meeting with my key client team member, and she had just presented her initial findings and recommendations to…
Read MoreA Life Map
Here it is the first Monday of this new decade. Hard to believe. For us overly analytical types, this is a time to start measuring where we are at, and this time the results (you guessed it) do not really measure up. With this in mind, and with the help…
Read MoreFuture Shock Realized
As a kid in the early 1970’s, I remember my dad showing us a film based on the book “Future Shock.” Since he was a professor at the local college in those days, he was able to borrow a large movie projector and any available film owned by the…
Read MoreInterviewing for Discovery
Interviewing for Discovery In 1989, I was, to say the least, a very young and inexperienced consultant. How was I to know that the material in a thin blue book about interviewing clients — obtained during a consulting “Boot-Camp” — was about to become some of the most important material…
Read MoreThe Servant Leader
For my regular GlobeBlog readers, I do believe an apology is in order: This Post has arrived to you two weeks late, and although I advised a couple of weeks ago that I was going to be spending an extra week completing research on this week’s topic, my commitment is…
Read MoreBack to Situational Leadership Styles
After all these years, I keep coming back to Situational Leadership Styles. It is something that I use all the time in my life. I remember Kenneth Blanchard, himself, introducing the concept at a training course I attended way back in (I think?) 1996. The concept seems simple enough: Leadership…
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