Wendy Walks Her Talk
Wendy walks her talk and has a title to prove it—her actual job is to infuse gratitude into business culture. Our paths have crossed for decades, but we never met until recently, when a mutual friend introduced us because she noticed we had gratitude in common. Wendy...Your Leadership Framework: Five W’s
Leaders are as unique as grains of sand. Eight billion people multiplied by millions of unique situations create many ways to lead. You choose what you want: lead, follow, ignore, or actively oppose each situation. Leadership expert Warren Bennis states that...Gratitude Evangelist, Senior Consultant, and Ex-Executive Gun Manufacturer
Don is committed to gratitude and has been his whole life. He once made an ungrateful shopper apologize and show gratitude. He’s made incredible achievements using appreciation as a guide in his over 40 years of leadership as a safety engineer and executive. He had...Book Review: Extreme Ownership, How U.S. Navy Seal Lead and Win
After a handful of people recommending this book and finding a copy in my son’s old college books, I read it! I used it as the book of the month for a leadership book club I run. Some parts were excellent, clear, concise, practical, and interesting. Some were hard for...Book Review: Fixing Feedback by Georgia Murch
“You can’t do a remarkable job without having remarkable conversations,” says the author. Fear of conflict, fear of being wrong, fear of speaking up, there are many reasons good conversations don’t happen and good feedback isn’t given. This book inspires and gives us...Gratitude: Do It – Interview with Senior Manager
“Real gratitude is about action; words alone can be hollow.”, sums up my interview with Craig, Head of Strategic Planning at a financial firm. Craig shared his views on gratitude at work and discussed his gratitude challenges. Those closest to him know what a grateful...Book Review: The Threshold Leading in the age of AI, by Nick Chatrath
Threshold, Liminal, and Change Leader are names given to leaders who must deal with the future, including the rapid advancement of AI. It’s not enough to “pivot”; instead, we must embrace what makes us human and live in a place of unknowing and uncertainty. Nick uses...Gratitude Challenge: Must Practice
If people only knew how much gratitude could help and benefit them, they would do more, said one person interviewed. The scientific evidence and anecdotal are overwhelming for practicing gratitude, and the stronger the gratitude muscle, the more the benefit. For...Book Review: GRIT: Passion and Perseverance = Long-Term Success
What matters, in the long run, is sticking with things and working daily to get better at them, says the author Angela Duckworth. She describes grit as long-term success, a marathon. Grit is not IQ, talent, good looks, or skill. She shares the research that brought...
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