My 2020 Lemonade: I’m extremely fortunate. I would describe the year as an opportunistic adventure. My friends and family have stayed healthy and safe. I know I’m in the minority when I share that I’ve had a really great year. I’m aware of my fortuitous status. So I’m compelled to share my recipe for 2020 lemonade.
Without warning, the events of 2020 challenged our resiliency. We’ve all temporarily lost much of life that we took for granted. Then we discovered the temporary conditions would longer than expected to go away. This required us to summon even more resiliency. The challenge intensified. How do we get more resiliency? The answer lies in the celebration of Thanksgiving.
We are now hearing the word “transparency” as an essential attribute of management style. Is it possible that transparent leaders have become one of the silent prerequisites for efficient organizations?
Here in the state of Illinois, we’ve just done away with the death penalty. So we’re trying to let go of the eye-for-an-eye punitive system and the often insatiable desire to GET EVEN. Might we find a higher ground and more productive and mature mindset in the process? Considering both the tangible and intangible resources expended with vindictive thinking, what is the real cost of wanting to get even?
While performing “Stairway to Heaven” Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant asks the question: “Does anybody remember laughter?” In considering today’s Cautious New World (a.k.a. the new normal), I offer a new question: “Does anybody remember abundance?” In our world of commerce “we’re buying a stairway to scarcity”.
In September, I had the pleasure of hearing two national renowned speakers. Marshall Goldsmith, a prominent executive coach to Fortune …
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