I was working with a client, a young entrepreneur who had quite successfully grown his business from nothing to a several million dollar enterprise. We had an interesting dilemma – he could see very clearly where he was taking the company. And yet, without fail, his employees told me that not only was the direction fuzzy for the company, but they weren’t sure of what they needed to do.
It has become clear that since 1998, Penn State leaders had multiple chances to take a stand for their values. Unfortunately, the discussion went like this…
I’ve watched Simon Sinek’s TED presentation multiple times. But it took experiencing someone who works from the WHY personally to really understand the profound difference and the impact that working from your WHY has on others.
An uproar has been happening at Purdue University. The current governor of the state of Indiana, Mitch Daniels, has been named as the next president of the university and will take on his new duties in 2013. For those that study leadership, change and resistance, this is the perfect case study.
As a student and university teacher of entrepreneurship, I follow the conventional wisdom of strategy and talk about BHAGs –
Learning to let go is freeing – it frees my energy, it allows me to focus on more postive things, it robs the person that inflicted the hurt the power to inflict ongoing harm. Yet letting go is not easy. Here are some ways in which I’ve gotten better (note I am better – not perfect) at letting go.
Guest blogger MaryAnn Rivers shares a simple 5 step renewal of confidence system you can begin today. Commit to doing these steps regularly and you will see results. In fact, as you build confidence it multiplies and soon you will be doing things you never imagined possible.
There is much talk in the nation about renewable sources of energy. I believe we need to include renewing personal energy in the discussion – with as much gusto as renewable sources of energy for our cities, our cars and our homes.
I have vivid memories about three very different and very serious discussions about fun at work.
This month’s blogs have focused on renewal – but too often we only think of renewal in the physical sense. Today our guest blogger, Dr. David J. Waters, shares his thoughts on intellectual renewal and how that spurs creativity.
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