Archive for January, 2010

Listen Up!!!

27 Jan, 2010Accountability, Avoider, Boss, Business, Coaching, Collaboration, Communication, Education, Employers, Executive Teams, Leaders, Leadership, leadership development, Neuroscience, PatternAware, Patterns, Trust

We all hear each other, can’t help that. Even when we put our fingers in our ears, much of the sound bleeds through. It’s easier to close our eyes and block out the view. With sound, it is much more difficult. Share This

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John Edwards and Leadership Values

22 Jan, 2010Accountability, Avoider, Business, Honor, Leaders, Leadership, Marital coaching, Neuroscience, PatternAware, Patterns, Political distrust, Politics, Power, Psychology, The media, Transformation, Trust

The saga of John Edwards is more tragic than it is disgusting. Here is a man who has lied and lied, not just to the world, but most importantly, to himself. And my big question is why we, as a nation, are so gullible? Why did we take so long...

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Elegant Leadership and Risk Taking

19 Jan, 2010Accountability, Avoider, Boss, Business, Coaching, Collaboration, Communication, Conflict, Consulting, Diversity, Economy, Education, Employers, Ethics, Executive Teams, Human Resources, Integrity, Leaders, Leadership, leadership development, Management, Media, Money, PatternAware, Patterns, Power, Psychology, Super Achiever, Team Building, The media

Recently Jeff Zucker, President and CEO of General Electric Co’s NBC Universal Entertainment, told PBS interviewer Charlie Rose: “It’s the sign of a leader to step up and say you know when something’s not working, and have the guts to reverse it”. Share This

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Elegant leadership: Higher Standards

8 Jan, 2010Accountability, Coaching, Communication, Conflict, Consulting, Diversity, Education, Ethics, Health, History, Human Resources, Integrity, Leaders, Leadership, leadership development, Media, Neuroscience, PatternAware, Patterns, Power, Psychology, Reflections, The media

When is enough enough? Cultural diversity is here to stay, and in order for the ordinary individual to become aware of our actions, and how they affect others, our "leaders" must first step up to the plate and take responsibility for their actions!

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Elegant Leadership and Chocolate

5 Jan, 2010Accountability, Boss, Business, Coaching, Collaboration, Communication, Conflict, Consulting, Diversity, Employee burnout, Employers, Ethics, Executive Teams, Fear, Health, History, Human Resources, Integrity, Leaders, Leadership, leadership development, Money, Neuroscience, PatternAware, Patterns, Power, Psychology, Reflections, Transformation, Women in the workplace, Workplace Relationships

What does chocolate and being treated fairly have in common? They both make us feel good!!

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Elegant Leadership: Leadership and Money

4 Jan, 2010Accountability, Business, Economy, Education, Ethics, Health, Integrity, Leaders, Leadership, leadership development, PatternAware, The media

Hope your holidays brought you gobs of joy and heaps of happiness. Did you also get the “stuff” you had hoped for? I have been asking lots of folks the question about how this holiday season differed from past ones where there seemed to be an endless pitcher pouring out...

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