I was watching one of the weekend news shows and they were discussing Mike Bloomberg’s apology for the “stop and frisk” program that he put in place in NYC when he was Mayor. His apology was about his failure to recognize the consequences for thousands of young men of color being incarcerated under a questionable law enforcement practice. The commentator mentioned that she thought Bloomberg had a difficult time making that apology and that men of great wealth and power...

Now that January is past, we can go back to those cool goals you set for yourself for 2020. One of my goals was to continue to share ideas from our new book (written with Michael Couch), Strategy Driven Leadership about how organizations and leaders can grow and prosper. One of the keys that we ask our readers to consider is how making a change will benefit them. It’s the old “what’s in it for me” (WIIFM) question that must...

Coming home from the airport last week and just 3 blocks from home, a driver decided to ignore a red light and hit my car.  Airbags deployed and BMW Roadside Assistant came online to ask if I was okay. I wasn’t quite able to answer her question as I had not had a chance, yet, to count my fingers. Emergency workers started appearing and while I could see that I had no physical injuries, I could tell I was in...

As I stared out the window of our meeting suite on the 49th floor of the Palace Hotel in New York, this past week, I couldn’t help noticing the aluminum sided building just a few blocks away. The address is 666 Fifth Ave. I was in New York to meet with my coach, Alan Weiss and several of my global consulting colleagues, as we do several times a year, to talk about our practices and to work on developing our...

A former client called me a few weeks ago telling me that she needed to reinvent herself. Her career had plateaued, and she was neither satisfied with her career path or hopeful about her future. Most of us will have 3 major career changes during our working life and perhaps upwards of 10-15 different jobs. While each of these changes may feel significant and probably scary, I prefer to see them as “reinventions.” In fact, over the past 10 years...

One of my Sunday rituals is to listen to Krista Tippet’s On Being podcasts when my dog Cody and I go out for our morning walks. The program, broadcast on National Public Radio is an examination of “what it means to be human” and is an inspiring counterpoint to the usually troubling updates on the world news. Her guests have included The Dali Lama, Yo-Yo Ma, Maya Angelou and Elie Wiesel. This past Sunday, I listened to one of her...