Between the Lines

Happy 2010 everyone! I hope your year is off to a great start. Many of you have asked me to recap the most popular posts from 2009 – so my first posting of 2010 is just that: The Top Ten Between The Lines for 2009! If you missed any of these, I hope you will read them [...]

Earlier this week I had the fortune of hearing a masterful speaker and inspiring person: John Carpenter Dealey speak on his passion. For those not familiar with John, he is globally known as “Dr. Mastermind” and a renowned thought leader on the creation of mastermind groups based on Andrew Carnagie’s principals. He has a tremendous reputation [...]

While I was home for the Thanksgiving holiday last week I ran across a book which has been in my family for years: As a Man Thinketh, which was written back in 1902 by James Allen. The title is influenced by a verse in the Bible from the book of Proverbs: “As a man thinketh [...]

It seems like every time I turn around I am reading a blog, an article, or hearing someone talk about ‘networking’ and ‘making contacts’ to develop your business. Frankly, I have never felt comfortable with the words ‘networking’ or ‘contacts’ – they seem so impersonal. I have developed a passionate view around this topic and [...]

The recession looms and it has been a source of stress for many. However, I have been pondering – there is a fine line between becoming a victim and blaming everything on the ‘recession’ and realizing that everyone is basically in the same boat and making the most of the situation. I don’t know about [...]

This article was not my original piece for this first month entry – thus the delay in publication.  I changed my mind midstream; as this article was spawned from several recent experiences of  what I will term ‘shady integrity.’  This blog is written with a lot of heart and soul. Much has been written about [...]

Oprah and I have agreed on many things over the years; yet, imagine my surprise when I was reading her ‘What I Know for Sure’ column in this month’s magazine to find her expose on personal power. I quote: “The secret is alignment: when you know for sure that you’re on course, and doing exactly [...]

A friend of mine and I were talking the other day, and she commented how people simply wouldn’t return phone calls and we both said in unison: ‘that is just so rude.’ Frankly, that one small example of simply not calling people back has become more of a standard practice, than an exception. This got [...]

People have always created or looked for heroes to give us inspiration, support or even hope. Think about when we were growing up, who were our fictional heroes? Superman, Nancy Drew, Popeye, and even The Tortoise in Aesop’s fable The Tortoise and the Hare (maybe the Bugs Bunny version!). We learned early to identify characters [...]

The situation is this: Bob is an executive who doesn’t believe he is taken seriously by his new immediate manager (an SVP of a publicly traded company) and his manager’s associated leadership team. His boss disagrees with his ideas and approaches for the business, and questions his overall ability to ‘think strategically.’ He categorizes Bob as [...]