There is an old statement, of which the original author is unknown that states, “The definition of insanity is doing the same things you’ve always done, but expecting to receive different results.”  We’ve all been part of organizations which make bold statements of change and new-found enthusiasm to become better than they have been.  The […]

Everyone leaves a legacy of some kind.  It can be positive or negative, big or small, and simple or complex.  Leaders typically go about their personal and professional lives with the desire to leave a positive and far-reaching legacy that touches people for generations to come.  I am no different when I state that my […]

I love a little book by Steve Donahue written in 2004, Shifting Sands.  In this book, Donahue deals with the difficulties of change and compares going through them to crossing a desert.  Having done this very thing a few years ago, I can certainly relate to the intense emotions, times of fear, anxiety of not […]

I’ve spent the last five days in an intense time of investment into the future.  I spent each day with 75 children teaching, directing, encouraging, and helping them to discover their natural talents and gifts.  I’ve done this kind of work with future leaders throughout my career, literally working with thousands of children.  Often in […]

This week I got reacquainted with an old friend.  An old mentor, actually.  It happened as I entered into an agreement with my teenage daughter, one which I had also done when my two older children were teenagers.  I agreed to pay them each $20 every time they finished a book and gave me a […]