Posts by Carol Ross
Stories With Meaning
An article in the Wall Street Journal reported a new type of speaker for corporate retreats. In the past, companies hired management gurus like Peter Drucker or Tom Peters or Jim Collins to speak. Now they are hiring speakers at rates fit for a Drucker or Peters or Collins, who may have no business experience…
Read MoreThe Hokey Pokey
Last week, my colleague, Deb Siverson, and I worked with a corporate team. Team members met face-to-face for the first time and came from all over the world—Germany, Singapore, the UK as well as the US. More than half of the team was born outside of the US. This was my first experience working…
Read MoreMourning
My sister-in-law sent me an article entitled, "blessed mourning," knowing that I was experiencing grief over the loss of my friend, Ilene. It talks about how mourning has fallen out of fashion, that in earlier times, there was a formal mourning period, when black was worn and people did not attend social functions. This rigid…
Read MoreTag
I’m trying to move the mindset of 45-year old into the space of a child’s game–tag. I’ve been "tagged" by fellow blogger, Debbie Call, to answer the following question: What are five things that most people don’t know about me? I have several childhood nicknames that my siblings still continue to use with me. One…
Read MoreLife After the Corner Office
For those of you in the Boulder area, a shortened version of my posting on Closet Entrepreneurs is running in today’s Daily Camera. Once a week, this local newspaper puts out a business section that includes posts from local bloggers, under a column called The Final Word. That’s where you’ll find my post. By coincidence,…
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