When You Give Love, You Get Love

People see the good in you and believe it or not, it sinks in and is paid forward!

People And Their Outer Shells

 In the mid 50′s, a monastery was to be relocated to make room for a new highway.  The monks arranged for a crane to come and move the “Clay” Buddha to its new location.  When the crane started to lift the statue, it was much heavier than expected and it began to crack. 

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What's Your Moon Mission?

Published Los Angeles Times, Letters to the Editor, July 26, 2013

I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal,
before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon
and returning him safely to the earth.

John F. Kennedy

There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why... I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?

Robert Kennedy

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The Leadership Scorecard

The Leadership Scorecard

I. Instill Confidence
II. Engender Trust
III. Gain Commitment to Action

The ability of a leader to Instill Confidence, Engender Trust and Gain Commitment may not on the surface seem to be critical to successful and effective leadership until you consider what results their opposites have.

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What if the Prince George became the next Nelson Mandela?

 

"What if Prince George grew up to be the next Nelson Mandela?" - Dr. Mark Goulston, Fox News, Good Day LA (on the birthday of His Royal Highness the Prince of Cambridge)

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Are you ready for change but not ready to change?

As an former individual, couples and family psychotherapist, FBI and police hostage negotiation trainer and now executive coach and key advisor to CEO's and Chairman of the Boards I have come to realize that most people are ready for change but few are ready to change.

It is not just a matter of stubbornness, resistance and counterproductive habits.  In this siloed world where people are highly skilled but with a narrow focus (and confusing jargon to outsiders that reinforces it) people view the world in an increasingly narrow way that validates their POV. 

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Run Better Meetings

The secret to running better meetings is to run meetings better.

Duh...

The secret to running meetings better is to fully engage the participants. And the secret to engaging them is to "get into their thinking."

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Before You Hire an Executive Coach

An executive coach helps managers and executives reach their full potential by helping them see and seize opportunities, see and overcome obstacles and see and avoid risks that they might otherwise not be aware of or if aware, tend to minimize.

Executive coaches are called upon to provide the following (or a combination of them):

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