You Are What You Read #1
Know Yourself, Forget Yourself: Five Truths to Transform Your Work, Relationships and Everyday Life by Marc Lesser In my coaching work, I'm often asked what books I might recommend for leaders seeking to deepen their [...]
February 2013
Missing the Gorilla in the Midst of Your Work
Great article from NPR about a study done at the Harvard Medical School Visual Attention Lab. Curious about how focusing on one thing can lead you to miss other, equally important things, they created a [...]
Yahoo Ropes in Remote Workers
Yahoo's new CEO, Marissa Mayer, has shaken up the company with a memo announcing that as of this June, all remote workers will be required to start working out of the office. This has created [...]
The Downside of Up — A Comic Novel of Outrageous Fortune
Sneak Preview! Just got the cover art for my new book, The Downside of Up, due out in May from the new media publishing house, Net Minds. It's a comic novel about a corporate speechwriter [...]
Service with a Smile: What’s It Good For?
A long time ago, when I lived in Washington, D.C. and nobody much expected good service anywhere, I stopped in every morning on my way to work to get coffee at the convenience store on [...]
The Fortune Telling Leader
It occurred to me recently that a good leader should be able to do well as a fortune teller and I said so at a dinner party the other night. “That’s terrible,” said the nice [...]