Early in our marriage, Margie and I realized how enjoyable it was to have people come to our home for dinner. Sometimes we would invite just a few close friends we hadn’t seen for a while; sometimes we would host family members from out of town; and other times it was great fun introducing neighbors […]
Better Together: The Importance of Friends and Family
In June’s blog I talked about the joys and rewards of connecting with people in your industry at business conferences like ATD. Today I want to focus on the priceless rewards of connecting with friends and family. In this day and age, when so much of our connecting happens over Zoom and other digital platforms, […]
Connecting with the Training Community at ATD
One of the joys of being in the leadership training business is belonging to a wonderful community of people and organizations dedicated to helping others achieve their full potential by improving their knowledge, skills, and abilities at work. A great place to network with this community is at the annual conference of the Association for Talent […]
The Magic of Being Together
After nearly three years of not physically meeting together, our whole company recently gathered at the Mission Bay Resort in San Diego. What a wonderful time we had! Although our entire company meets regularly on Zoom, the leadership team felt it was important for all our associates from around the world to come together in […]
Surround Yourself with Great People
One of my favorite quotes is “None of us is as smart as all of us.” Two of our company’s cofounders, Don Carew and Eunice Parisi Carew, came up with that simple truth when they coauthored our team leadership program. It’s one of the basic tenets for building and maintaining high performing teams. In a […]
Your Words and Actions Matter
We’ve all seen the image of the ripples created when a pebble is tossed into a pool of still water. The ripples radiate out in ever bigger circles—all from that tiny pebble. In a sense we’re all like that pebble. Our words and actions—whether positive or negative—ripple out and impact the world around us. I […]
The Power of Serving Others
Our love and prayers are with everyone who is dealing with the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. So many are homeless as a result of this storm. It’s an awful situation but it’s amazing to see how people rally together to help each other in times like this. We saw it with Hurricane Katrina in […]
Bounded Set Thinking vs. Centered Set Thinking
(This is the ninth installment in my twelve-part blog series A Leadership Vision for America.) In my last post I stated that business and government can’t solve all of America’s problems by themselves. Ideally, our leaders in Washington would involve every sector of society in problem solving. The three sectors encompass nine different domains: The Public […]
Lead with LUV – Test for Humor
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Season of Service
In San Diego we’re in the middle of a six-month “Season of Service” movement with businesses, civic agencies, and churches all pitching in with community volunteers to serve others. For years I’ve been dreaming about how we can make San Diego a servant leadership town – how in the near future people will come here […]