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What business should I start?

This question hounds so many people I meet. It seems that in this day and age of increased entrepreneurialism and the explosion in the number of small businesses; this is a very important question. Based on having answered this question for my own life and having...

Anatomy of a productive meeting

I happened to be a participant in a rather unproductive meeting for the past two days.  Forgive me—I feel very prepared to write this e-zine to warn all those well meaning, unsuspecting souls who are running, planning or just participating in such meetings. Here are...

“Can’t we all just get along?”

This week, I had to re-evaluate my stance on compassionate leadership. It wasn’t a proud moment. I’m sure you’ve run into “him” before. The difficult-to-get-along-with-guy or girl you’re sometimes forced to work with.  I’ve run into this same person in every job, just...

The Five Faces of Mistrust in a Team

I once heard it said of money that the more you talked about it, the less you had it (incidentally the same has been said of sex..). In the multitude of corporations I’ve been a part of and in my own clients’ work environments, Teamwork seems to be the most touted yet...

The price of ignoring what's wrong

When I used to pull my sister’s hair as a kid and our babysitter used to ignore it while my sister howled and complained to her, I would chuckle and continue to create havoc. My sister hated that babysitter. Strangely, I find that the same thing goes on in...

The Coach Manager

Have you ever experienced the wonder of a boss who let you bring value to the table in your own way without interference and yet was always surprisingly there when you needed her support? This manager was in essence, what in the professional coaching world is called a...