Cornerstone Moments
Advance for Good
One thing I know for sure, if I don’t become that person, I won’t lure supporters, and neither will you.
Infuse Passion into Your Life
Have you ever had something in your life that was always with you and wouldn’t go away?
Leadership Lesson: Develop Your Vision
When it is your vision, you own it and it becomes who you are versus what you do.
Leadership Lesson: Taking Initiative
This is the 4th of 6 Cornerstone Moment leadership lessons, and I ask you to consider this concept: without initiative there is no innovation. The immensity of our current challenges should never be understated! However, one might declare that they are, in some...
Leadership Lesson: Effective Communication
I am writing this blog as the 3rd in a series of 6 Cornerstone Moment leadership topics and ask you to consider this concept: communication is the number 1 success factor. When I think about some of the things that I have said in my lifetime that were not uplifting, I...
Leadership Lesson: Servanthood
Because the dictionary definition of servanthood is “The role of being a servant’ some believe servant leadership is submissive and lacks strength. Servant leadership is not a position of weakness but rather one of exceptional strength. It takes courage and...
Leadership Lesson: Courage
With all the uncertainty of these times I have been asking myself many questions and doing a great deal of soul searching. Today I am writing to you about the leadership skill, courage. I refer to it as a skill because I believe it needs to be developed. I will...
How Not to React
Baseball’s cheating headlines suddenly pale in comparison to the Coronavirus scare. I haven’t seen anything like this in my lifetime, even during SARS or the Swine Flu years, where death was a very real possibility. I am approaching an age where pneumonia can be a...
You think you have it tough?
It is baseball season and some headlines are disturbing regarding America's Pastime. The “cheating” incidents are of concern, but so are the complaints by superstars about their teammates or management. We have grown accustomed to star players wanting to move to...
Role Model v. Influencer
Being a good leader is not easy but is it worth it! Whether you lead as a Mom, Dad, CEO or Janitor it is all the same. It takes intent, work, courage and never giving up because you mess up. Leaders, though often under the radar, are noticed more because of what...