When I was a little girl my father would ask me what I thought to be very strange mind bending questions. Once asked, they would send me off on a never ending search for answers. One…

The strategic mind is an unrolling canvas of ideas and thoughts—shapes and forms, maps and pathways. Constantly churning the mind is sensitive to movements around it, interpreting the…

Everyday we are bombarded with so much information we are drowning in it. With all that we have at our…

Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton asked why. —Bernard Baruch

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What is the last leadership opportunity that you passed up? When I posed this question to a group of…

I've worked many years in the training and performance profession. The very first class that I took as a…

There is no such thing as a worthless conversation provided you know what to listen for and questions are the breath of life for a conversation. —James Nathan Miller…

Leadership is a set of actions and the demonstration of skills that helps one build strong working relationships…

You went to the right schools, have the right skills, chose the right company but can't figure out how you've gone…

Have you ever wondered how the performance of a weather man is rated? Rain or shine, right or wrong every night they flank the green screens with fancy computer aided graphics…

I've seen several articles that begin with lines like "the only constant today is change." I assert that change that is…

Is your company on the right track? Are they, are you focused on the important things that will drive success…

"The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it is the same problem you had last year." —John Foster Dulles…

Preparing knowledge workers to exceed performance expectations has to become the priority of every training…

Failure is defined as "falling short of hitting the target." What if you couldn't fail? How differently might you…

"If we don't change the direction we're going, we're going to end up where we're headed." —Chinese Proverb…

The company always said, "Our competitive advantage is our people." Then the economy took a turn and…

In a time of dot.com fallout, mergers, reorganizations and downsizing how is it that a host of IT and IS…