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Emotional Intelligence
What is emotional intelligence? Why does it matter? In today’s hyper-competitive environment, technical ability and intellectual talent are taken as a given, merely table…
January 11, 2010
Good Example Matters
The deleterious long-term effects on the brains and bodies of football players has been in the news of late. There are those who might take…
January 6, 2010
68 Rules, or Three Principles That Matter?
William Green, CEO of the $20+ billion (revenues) mega-consulting firm Accenture tells of the time he attended a 3-day training session for new managers (The…
January 5, 2010
What If We Are Wrong?
Confirmation bias is the psychological term for the all-too human tendency to mainly see the information that confirms what we already believe. We often…
December 28, 2009
Work Ethic: A Not So Small Thing That Makes A Big Difference
William Green, CEO of the $20+ billion (revenues) mega-consulting firm Accenture relates the story of how he was once at a college doing recruiting…
December 22, 2009
PopCap: The Hokey Pokey and Hate Crimes
(Friday’s Populist Capitalist Blog Post) Governments legitimately regulate certain kinds of behavior: violent acts, theft, fraud, etc. The moment the government crosses over into criminalizing…
December 11, 2009
Urban Meyer: Choose a Story, Choose a Life
Life happens, situations occur. We interpret the events of our lives one way or another, weaving them into our life story. Different people see the…
December 10, 2009
$100 and A Bag of Nails
Diane Hendricks never got a college degree. One of nine sisters, her parents were diary farmers in Wisconsin. Ever heard of Osseo, Wisconsin? Me either.…
December 2, 2009
Half Birthdays and the Examined Life
Most people go the same distance in life. It’s just that a lot of them spend a lot of time going in circles. And if…
November 12, 2009
Internal Peace vs. External Peace
“It does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble or hard work…it means to be in the midst of…
November 11, 2009
The Vital Role of the Enforcer
Every organization, every team, needs an enforcer. The enforcer makes sure promises are kept, commitments are followed through on, and pledges and assurances are met.…
November 10, 2009