A few months ago, several members of my family attended our local theater to see, The Martian. While we were thoroughly entertained by the variety of dilemmas, science, humor and suspense, there was a subtle nudge I took from the film that I used for a new way to...
Coaching for Inclusion: A Whole Person Accommodation
In recent years, much emphasis has been placed on hiring and retaining talented professionals with disabilities. And, great strides have been made to provide reasonable accommodations where needed to ensure these individuals are able to perform their jobs optimally....
3 Steps to Build a Strong Personal Brand
Congratulations. After weeks, or months, of job hunting, not only did you locate your “dream job” but they liked you and even hired you. You’re excited to start contributing to this organization, especially as they appear ready to let you implement your brilliant...
Corporate Culture: Unintentional Values & Behaviors
As a speaker, author, and executive consultant I work with leaders at all levels of all kinds of organizations. Because of my strong culture focus, it is impossible for me to go into an organization without automatically assessing the culture of their work...
Information Governance Insights: You Have Mail!
For over a year we've worked together to create a Information Governance program for your organization and its a beauty! We've created a place for everything and everything is in it's place, right? Well, not necessarily. There's still this hidden undercurrent of...
Use a Decision Tree in Your Quest for Answers!
Do I know how to ask questions? What seems like a rhetorical question at best and an absurd question at worse, I am thinking the answer may be a soft no. I would like to think I know the grammatical and punctuation rules accompanying written questions, but some may...
Your Government Career: How to Get Ahead
In today’s busy world where your career can swallow up your time and your very life it is increasingly important to focus on the “Vital Few” and Ignore or Delegate the “Trivial Many”—a model for leadership that’s based on the Pareto Principle. The Pareto Principle is...
The Crime of the Century: Stealing Responsibility
A troubling trend evolving in far too many segments of society demonstrates the growing absence of personal accountability in the many settings we know. Ranging from personal health and wellness choices we make, managing the alcohol we drink and the social...
We Are All Equal in the End
My father-in-laws final words to me were that he was amazed how quickly his life had passed. He was 75. Not old by any means, but not exactly a short run either. If he was saying that at 75, what is it like at 50, or 35, or in your teens. They are words that have...