Posts by Carol Ross
Denver Event on Creativity
If you are in the Denver area, consider treating yourself to a weekend of creativity and leadership workshops on November 2 and 3. Regis University is hosting the Leadership and Creativity Conference 2007, "The Fire Within: Igniting the Wildfires of Imagination!" Friend and colleague, John Cimino, will be there with his Creative Leaps International team…
Read MoreWhen Good Things Happen Quickly: Postscript
Back in March, I posted about good things happening quickly for a friend, Kevin Menzie, founder and CEO of Slice of Lime, a local Boulder web design company. In the course of a few days, Kevin found himself being whisked away to NYC for a photo shoot as part of an article by Small Biz…
Read MoreFree Play
I just finished the book, Free Play, by Stephen Nachmanovitch. The subtitle is "Improvisation in Life and Art" and the book is a wonderful guide for exploring the nature of creating and creativity. One of the chapters I particularly enjoyed is titled, "The Power of Limits," which is about how fixed constraints can drive our…
Read MoreA Fair Trade?
A friend emailed me this cartoon about life coaching. (If you are having trouble reading the words on the cartoon, click on the picture for a full-size version.) With every joke, there’s an element of truth. Unfortunately, too many trained coaches are emerging from coaching schools without any sense of what it takes to run…
Read MoreLeadership With a Twist
I recently blogged about my friend, Kenny Moore, giving a talk sponsored by the American Management Association on leadership. Click here to get the recording. Well worth the time it takes to listen. Kenny is insightful, passionate, fresh in his thinking. He’s nothing less than brilliant on this recording.
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