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What Has Become Irrelevant In Corporate Culture? There has been much written and said about the shifting workforce.  We see the Millenial generation (1983-2001),  entering organizations at an amazing rate, while at the same time Baby Boomers (1946-1964), are retiring.  In our research that involved multiple corporations and thousands of managers and Millennials, we identified nine perceived orientations that drive the behavior of this new...Read More

Why Is It So Difficult and What Does It Have To Do With Resilience? Let’s start with a self-assessment.  This week did you… *procrastinate more than you wish you did? *exercise less than you wish you did? *eat more than you wish you did? *think more negatively than you wish you did? *react more unkindly than you wish you did? *reflect less than you wish...Read More

Do you remember what you did the first hour of every school day?  You went to your Homeroom.  In doing so you would enter your day slowly.  You would catch up with friends and get a couple of things done so you could focus on the day before you. Those days are long gone.  Most people I talk to do not have a homeroom moment. ...Read More

Does The Persona Reflect The Person? When Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Lion finally met up with the mighty Wizard, they were intimidated by his presence.  He was big and powerful and confident and wise.  But then they discovered something that surprised them.  Inside the mighty Wizard of Oz was a little man pulling a few levers and feeling quite inadequate about himself. This brings...Read More

“The only reason for time is so that everything doesn’t happen at once.” Albert Einstein We manage time, waste time, spend time, save time.  We wish the time would come.  We wish the time would pass.  We see time fly.  We feel time drag.  We watch clocks and carry calendars, creating the illusion that we somehow control time.  Yet all the while moments flow forward...Read More

The Key To Strengthening Your Network The Berlin Wall was built with a purpose in mind. The high wall, the barbwire at the top, and the “Keep Out” signs plastered everywhere removed all doubt of its intent.  DO NOT ENTER! Humans are great at building walls, especially the emotional kind that keep people out. It is so easy to throw vulnerability out the widow by...Read More