A Matter of Time

WOW. Is it really already mid-November? With the Thanksgiving feast looming, Turkeys everywhere are scattering. These days it seems as though every year goes by more quickly. I guess our parents were right when they said time goes faster as you get older. Looking back...

Honesty Is the Best Policy

I wish our political leaders would stand tall and tell us the way it is—no spin, no half-truths, no omission of facts to “protect us.” Contrary to Jack Nicholson’s rant in A Few Good Men, we CAN handle the truth. We’re grownups and we deal with grownup issues...

Where Have All the Leaders Gone?

Have you been watching the continuing dysfunction in Washington, DC? It’s hard not to. We’re peppered with “he said/she said” style reports, political gamesmanship, opinionated pundits, and so on via 24×7 news coverage and bloggers occupying practically every...

The Two Hungers and Your Personal Brand

We’re all pretty much attuned to the notion of company brands and positioning, and to a certain extent, we’ve all heard about personal branding—which has become especially important these days with the pervasiveness of online and social media activities. Whether...