Ordinary Life, Extraordinary Living
Life Lessons
Moles in the Snow
If you hadn't heard, Denver got socked with a heck of a snowstorm. Judging from the many hours that my husband spent outside shoveling snow off the driveway, I think it's one of the bigger storms since we moved here...
Leader as Storyteller
I interviewed Steve Denning, known as one of the founders of the movement to use storytelling in organizations, for my podcast, Leading With A Whole New Mind. Steve has written several books on using stories in a purposeful way to...
Traveling into Other Worlds
My sister called me this morning to invite me to dim sum. Think of dim sum as the Chinese version of brunch time tapas. Small appetizers brought on carts roaming a large room of tables, usually occupied by individuals with...
Assume There Is…
While interviewing Tama Kieves for my Leading With A Whole New Mind podcast, we talked about what it looks like for her to be a boundary crosser, a term used in the book to indicate someone who is comfortable in...
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...
The 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...
Mourning
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...
Tag
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?...
Life 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,...