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If Fish Could See Water Problems Might Be Miraculous Opportunities

…ndings. Such was the case when my husband Bob and I went to Jamaica twenty years ago. In the evenings we walk to town. We are at first taken aback when drivers pull up next to us, roll down the window and yell “Taxi?” After all there is no light on the top or advertising on the door to indicate this beat up Volkswagen is a legitimate taxi. After a few days we understand this as part of an informal system in a poor country where the economy relies…

November 30, 2009 21 Comments

The Future: Upside Down & Inside Out

…ashing forward, is not far behind. These 50 women and men, my colleague in New York and her husband, along with many others are at the forefront. They are setting a tone for and leading us to a new era. It will change your business and the workforce. Are You Ready? Are you and your company preparing NOW? Are you asking the right questions, setting the right policies, changing as needed? Are you prepared for your new customers, the companies these…

March 23, 2011 9 Comments

Man-Woman-Lead-Learn

…re women are now in leadership roles? Yes, unequivocally. New Masculinity, New Femininity, New Leadership, NOWLeadership Marion Chapsal, my colleague and NOWLeadership co-conspirator chose “New Masculinity” as the topic for April’s edition. We are in an era that is redefining both feminine and masculine. Women are learning it is okay to be assertive, to be clear, to make decisions, to talk about their accomplishments, to say “No.” Men are learning…

April 20, 2011 1 Comment

3 Principles for Leading Culture Change & One Success Story

…ange at DaVita’s California offices, to symbolize their passage into a the new culture and a new way of being. The company also holds Nationwide Meetings, to celebrate awards, mourn the death of patients, and connect, by way of shared stories, to the emotional side of their work. Thousands of employees participate. They don’t attend to listen to the big kahunas. Instead they share stories and celebrate the new cultural heroes who care about each o…

June 9, 2013 No Comments

Women in Leadership

More Women in Senior Leadership: New Research Report Details What Women and Corporate Leaders Must Do

PRESS RELEASE: NEW REPORT REVEALS STEPS WOMEN MUST TAKE TO ATTAIN MORE SENIOR LEVEL POSITIONS Researchers Also Detail What Corporations Must Do To Be Part of The Solution A new report, WOMEN AND THE PARADOX OF POWER, based on research by Dr. Anne Perschel of Germane Coaching & Consulting and Jane Perdue of Braithwaite Innovation Group finds that corporations are leaving money on the table and forgoing future success by failing to place more women…

December 31, 2011 12 Comments

The Heart and Soul of Leading Change

…suits. These were large handed men with powerful arms who in their earlier years swung axes, spent countless hours in deep isolated timber, handled heavy equipment, and cut down trees. These were men who wore heavy boots and walked un-trailed forests in all kinds of weather to make decisions about which trees would live and which would die. After introductory remarks, agenda setting etc, Bob shared a heart felt story about another group of men fro…

November 20, 2009 No Comments

Shame of Sexual Assault Lands on Victims

…ke care of us. I didn’t know anything about sex or sexual touching. But I knew what he did was wrong. I knew what he asked me to do was wrong. At five you just feel it and because you feel it you know it’s true. I told my mother. She was angry and told me he would never do that again. She called his mother, and that’s when the shame hit. I got HIM in trouble. It didn’t occur to me that he got himself in trouble. I don’t recall seeing him again, ev…

September 28, 2018 No Comments

Corporate Culture

Dear CEO – What’s Your 400 Year Business Plan?

…he forest, the oaks are planted at different times. Over the course of 400 years, all the trees in existence now will have been harvested. New ones will have been planted in their place. This is the rationale for the 400 year forest management scheme and business plan. What If You, The Leader, Had a 400 Year Business Plan? What would you grow? A people forest? A culture? Might you: Identify and then create the culture that grows people for the lon…

August 9, 2012 5 Comments

Listening Intelligence – Strategic Thinking Foundation

…occur to you. Ask yourself to what degree they will broaden the conversation. Broaden or eliminate those that don’t, such as questions that elicit yes/no answers Example: Do you think you’ll be in the same business five years from now? vs. How do you see your business changing over the next 5 years? Listen ten times more than you speak Speak mostly to ask questions When your mind goes into how-to mode, walk it back to discovery land…

October 6, 2017 No Comments

Life's Transitions

Space in the Nest for Blueberry Bushes – Emptying the Nest Part 2

…My G-d. I am surrounded by wild blueberry bushes. I have lived here for 3 years but never noticed. Picking fruit in the wild is one of my favorite activities. What a gift. I put the camera down and spent the rest of my journey collecting and eating the luscious fruits of transition. With the gift of the blueberries, after two days in transition – preceded by a full year of anticipatory emotions – I got it. The empty nest brought the gift of notic…

June 18, 2009 2 Comments