Ideas for a Better Life
Closet Entrepreneurs
I had lunch with a friend this past week. He recently joined a start-up, after having achieved at an early age what most would deem great success in large, established companies (think GE). Yet despite a very healthy salary, P+L responsibility with a workforce that numbered over a thousand, and access to C-levels, he left…
Read MoreAn Extraordinary Life
The following is an article, entitled "An Extraordinary Life," written nearly two years ago. The opening paragraphs were based on an experience with my friend, Ilene Kouzel, who died this week. “I just want it to be over.” The words were from a colleague of mine, a co-facilitator for a team retreat that we would…
Read MoreVital Friends
A book that’s been getting alot of press lately is Vital Friends by Tom Rath. Rath also wrote the book, How Full Is Your Bucket: Positive Strategies for Work and Life. He’s also a researcher at the Gallup Organization, where he’s looked at the role of friendships in business. On Gallup’s survey for gauging the…
Read MoreWhat I Learned On My Summer Vacation
My kids just returned to school. And with that, there’s the question, “How was your summer vacation?” This year, my husband and I and our two sons decided to take a 10-day road trip to somewhere in the vicinity of the Pacific Northwest. I say “in the vicinity” because we let our energy and instincts…
Read MoreDaimons
Once again, Kenny Moore, former monk and now corporate ombudsman for KeySpan Energy, has written an insightful article that skewers the sacred cow and makes us think a little harder about what we are here to do. I’ve been bugging Kenny about starting a website to post his writings on. He still hasn’t done it…
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