I got into the practice of “looking up” 40 years ago when I was a student teacher. My master teacher took my class and me on a walking tour of the town and she said, “Look up!” And when we Continue reading →

Call me old-fashioned but I think training works best when it is interactive and experiential. Training that includes thinking and doing, that encourages the learner to look inward and creates “ah-ha” moments. Recently, I read an article in HBR about Continue reading →

Consider this scenario: Your team is not meeting its objectives. What’s your response? Are your proactive or reactive?  When you are proactive, you observe, pause, reflect and choose before you act.  When you are reactive, you default to Continue reading →

All too often in organizations, people use the terms “leader” and “manager” interchangeably. To me, this is problematic. Managers and leaders are not the same thing. There are different skillsets associated with each role. What’s the distinction? Managers manage things Continue reading →

There was a moment while walking amongst the ruins of the Acropolis that I felt thunderstruck. I was surveying structures that were built 2,500 years ago during a time when citizens in Ancient Greece had more of a say in Continue reading →