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These are strange times to be managing people. With the COVID-19 pandemic, many managers are dealing with things they have never seen before. If you are one of those managers who has had to let some people go, are dealing…
Read MoreBecause of the COVID-19 virus, many organizations are now working remotely. For some people (managers and employees) this will be new. For over 10 years I managed consulting teams with offices in 6 cities in the USA and Canada. My…
Read MoreWorking with a difficult boss can be hard. You may only see two choices — stay and be miserable or leave. You have more choices than you may be seeing in the moment.
Read MoreWhat’s a blind spot and how can it help us grow? It’s a quality or behavior that others see and know about us that we are “blind” to. Working with our blind spots requires patience, persistence and perspective. Personal change and transformation is the end result.
Read MoreThis BLOG is about ethics. One the golf course, as in life and business, we have to make choices. Do we make decisions that are good for us only? Do we make decisions that are good for everyone? Sometimes we have ethical dilemmas. This is one such story.
Read MoreTwo Passions… I took up golf at the age of 13 and it became my all-consuming passion for many years. I would play 2 or 3 rounds a day in the summer, hand-mowed my parents lawn every day, and brushed…
Read MoreKatahdin Cruises & the Moosehead Marine Museum “Shakedown” Cruise… Recently, David and I drove to Greenville, Maine and climbed aboard the steamboat Katahdin. Liz McKeil, the Executive Director of the Moosehead Marine Museum, had invited us up for the annual…
Read MoreI was asked by a Federal Government client for a proposal for a 3-day facilitation. The audience was managers who had science and technical backgrounds. Everyone knew each other, though they were in different locations across New England. The “easy”…
Read MoreTry saying yes to the mess. I expect that everyone has a story of some personal change they are trying to make. Here’s a short list of stories I hear about most often . . . Want to lose…
Read MoreMost of what I’ve learned about not taking everything that happens so personally comes from the work of Barry Oshry. Barry’s life work over the last 50 years or so has focused on the power and possibilities for individuals and…
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