Have you ever walked into an established restaurant that has seen its better and brighter days?  The pictures on the walls, the flooring, the ceiling and the booths all seem to have that look of days long gone and you feel like it needs a major facelift.  The Food Network show Restaurant Impossible deals with […]

I live in a state where the weather is as unpredictable as it comes!  One day it can be sunny, 81 degrees and beautiful with the flowers beginning to spring forth, and the next, snowing, cold, and windy, with the flowers begging for mercy.  Then, of course, the next day is sunny and beautiful again! […]

A paradigm’s most basic definition is the accepted model or pattern within a school of thought.  It is based on what Kuhn calls “normal science,” which is a set of beliefs based on past scientific achievements which the corresponding community accepts as the foundation for further practice.  In layman’s terms, a paradigm is how a […]

Leadership scholar Yukl states, “Secrecy is the enemy of learning” and Wheatley states “Information lies at the heart of life.”  These statements become especially pertinent within groups and organizations in which there is a lack of open and honest communication going on between team members.  Sometimes this breakdown comes because information is a powerful weapon […]

In my recent book, All Things Leadership, I speak about how selfless leaders all encourage their teams.  I state, They always encourage their team members, whether in private, publicly, face-to-face, electronically, or through social media.  Selfless leaders always build others up, never putting down or calling out members of their team in order to enforce […]