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5 Pieces of Leadership Advice to Live By
“No one has ever made himself great by showing how small someone else is.” – Irvin Himmel*** Camille was a kind, educated woman. She was driven but soft spoken; a willing servant and a pleasure to work with. She was happy to marry the man of her dreams but it …
Ten Realities of Leadership that Lead to Success
“Failing organizations are usually over-managed and under led.”- Stephen Covey*** Stella Stella was a tough example of a woman. She ran her household, in spite of her husband and unfortunately, she ran him too. If you asked her husband, John about being involved in something or simply being present at …
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Leaders: Does Your Team Match Your Dream?
“Herb Brooks, God rest his soul, wasn’t coaching a Dream Team. He was coaching a team full of dreamers.” – Jim Craig (Herb Brooks was the head coach of the 1980 gold medal-winning U.S. Olympic hockey team at Lake Placid)*** Once upon a time, in a far far away land, …
Driving Personalities Behind Diversity & Inclusion
“Diversity: the art of thinking independently together.” – Malcolm Forbes*** Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is an exciting career path for the right personalities. In my work with various consultants, corporate professionals and community representatives, I found some interesting yet powerful personas. Caring Professionals There are two camps, in which most …
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Purpose: Why We Do What We Do
“If you can’t figure out your purpose, figure out your passion. For your passion will lead you right into your purpose.” – T.D. Jakes*** I once knew an older woman, Etta, who was under my committee leadership, and who was trying to discover her gifts and what she wanted to …
Leadership Realities of Unconscious Bias
“Fortunately for serious minds, a bias recognized is a bias sterilized.” – Benjamin Haydon*** Unconscious bias, also referred to as implicit bias, is often defined as prejudice or unsupported judgments we have accumulated in life that are in favor of or against a person, or group, that are usually considered …
The Culture & the Customer: Maintaining the Priority
“Everyone on the team plays an equal role. My role is to create the wave and everyone on our team keeps the wave going.” – William Fang, Founder, Vizio*** I recently entered an establishment for the first time as a customer. I was with another individual who lives in that …
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Offsetting a New Rising Prejudice: AI Bias
“We need the ability to not only have high-performance models but also to understand when we cannot trust those models.” – Alexander Amini*** At a time when many organizations are looking forward to incorporating Artificial Intelligence into their systems and processes, for improved operations and efficiencies, up pops a new …
5 Ways to Create Better Diversity & Inclusion Practices: Retaining Millennials & Gen Z
“We need to remember across generations that there is as much to learn as there is to teach.” – Gloria Stinem*** The world of diversity, equity and inclusion is a unique, exciting ever changing yet all too consistent world for the change agents who dare to embark on making changes …
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Why Baptism by Fire is No Friend to Small Business
“The only thing worse than training your employees and having them leave is not training them and having them stay.” – Zig Zigler*** There is a phrase out there called “Baptism by Fire.” Ever heard of it? Maybe you’ve lived it? My first experience with this particular circumstance was in …
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The Leadership Challenge of Correcting Others
“Everybody says, ‘mistake is the first step of success,’ but the real fact is… ‘correction of mistake is the first step of success.’” – Unknown*** So often I encounter leaders who are facing the challenge of correcting behaviors in someone they are leading, whether it is an employee, a volunteer, …
Leadership & Diversity: Barriers to Diverse Recruitment
“Sometimes the greatest gift you can give another person is to simply include them.” – Unknown*** People are the greatest barrier to hiring a more diverse workforce. They effect the process of diversifying the workforce in a variety of ways that can be deadly to the typical diversity recruitment plans …
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Self-Respect in the Work Setting
“I would rather be alone with dignity than in a relationship that requires me to sacrifice my self-respect.” – Author Unknown*** Juggling the multi-layers and multiple demands of leadership can be very challenging, we know this but do we realize how it plays out in our minds and how it …
Policies Have No Names
“What you allow is what will continue.” – Author unknown*** When writing policies and procedures remember it applies to more than one or two persons. Policies and procedures are written for the benefit of the organization and to create consistency in how work is done and problems addressed. A policy …
Leadership and the Art of Persuasion
“If you aren’t getting pushback you probably aren’t pioneering.” – Eric Qualman*** Pushback. ˈpo͝oSHˌbak. Def. a negative or unfavorable reaction or response to something. Jon, a new senior executive stood before a group of nursing directors and managers and proceeded to negate much of what they had worked hard to …
The Worker Shortage & The Hiring Maze
“Hiring people is an art not a science.” – Howard Schultz, Former Chairman and CEO Starbucks*** Employers across America report the need to hire workers but struggle to find the help they need. So it is believed by some that the U.S. is facing a worker shortage. While many point …
Intellectual Capital & The Leadership Commitment
Knowledge is only useful if you do something with it. – Jeffrey Pfeffer*** Renee attends monthly conference calls, quarterly training sessions and annual conferences to enhance her professional skills in the IT department. She has learned a great deal and enjoys interacting with experts from around the world on topics …
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