Those who make it a regular practice to review and update their master plan generally have a far easier time achieving their goals. Whether you are a small nonprofit or a large business, knowing where you are going is half the battle and following the plan you have to get there is the other half. [...]
14 Questions Leaders Should Ask BEFORE Agreeing to Serve
July 23, 2009 By Leave a Comment
These 14 questions leaders should ask before agreeing to serve could potentially save you and a lot of other people from an unsuccessful and less than satisfying experience. I can’t tell you how many times leaders and executives bring up the concern for coaching that too many meetings, committees and requests for help are drowning [...]
The Power of Decision and Focus
July 20, 2009 By Leave a Comment
A now deceased but prodigious author illustrates the power of decision and focus. Through the years, you could connect me up with a good James Michener novel (saga!) and I’d be a happy guy. I never read a lot of fiction, probably far less than I really would have enjoyed, but on those occasions I [...]
Summer Camp Bus Roll-over Highlights Safety
July 15, 2009 By Leave a Comment
It’s that time of year … summer camp. Alice and I spent 25 years helping around camp. For 10 of those years I served full-time as the Executive Director. We gave up our early careers to be involved with camp. I have been privileged to see several generations regularly return to camp and bring their [...]
The Lone Voice of Leadership
July 7, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Sometimes one person is the lone voice of leadership, the one who sees circumstances and solutions with a clarity that those around them, higher in the organizational chart or not, do not yet see. The leader makes the case for change. They paint pictures to illustrate the needs and the solutions. They articulate the vision [...]
Fix Your Frazzled Future
July 1, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Many people see a pretty frazzled future stretching out in front of them. Not that it will be unusual, the past was frazzled, today is frazzled, so why should tomorrow be any different? A few years back I remember one Canadian survey that showed more than 3 million Canadians described themselves as workaholic and caught [...]
