Happy New Year! What is it about the New Year that people are drawn to fresh goals, new resolutions, and start-over thinking? Even with all the failures of the past, people still look to the turn of the calendar to start again. There must be something about the power...
A Positive Attitude Is Important While reading through the recent newsletter that my friends at Boomer Consulting sent out, I read Jim Boomer’s article on Planning for the Future, Whatever It Looks Like. In it, he emphasized the importance for leaders to promote a...
Insightful Observation While conducting the Partner-Pipeline courses this past week, I asked one class to identify a misconception of the profession they had when they began their career. Several false impressions were given, but one idea mentioned was that the...
I’m Only Human All of us face situations where we procrastinate certain tasks or regularly make certain mistakes. It’s frustrating to us and others around us. Since we all are guilty, we can either accept our failings as just being human (no one’s perfect) or we...
Season of Preparation I always look forward to this week because it marks the beginning of the holiday season. It’s a time of reflection and renewal, all in preparation and anticipation of the coming year. It’s also a time of special moments with family and friends...
Not That Long Ago Remember back in early March when the whole world turned upside down? Everyone described what was happening as crazy, uncertain and disruptive? There was significant anxiety as we tried to make sense of it all. We had no way to prepare, anticipate or...