Dana Vollmer won the 2012 gold medal in the 100-meter butterfly. With a world record time of 55.98, she also became the first woman to swim under 56 seconds in this event. Journalist Dan Mori attributes Vollmer's success in the pool to her perseverance and heart. Continue reading »
When I talk to leaders, one of the biggest challenges they report is not listening well. Leaders tend to be so busy talking, directing, telling, guiding, influencing, leading. . . that they forget how vital listening is.
Yet, you can't be a successful leader unless you are a good listener. . . Continue reading »
For our final post of this Diversity Week leaders remember what they have learned from others who are different. I think that, like me, you will find the comments of the crowd at the #leadfromwithin chat, moderated by Lolly Daskal @LollyDaskal, refreshing and inspiring. Continue reading »
So far in our Diversity Week we have covered the Definition of diversity, What is Inclusion, Why is heritage and culture important, and the challenges faced when practicing diversity. Today we turn to the benefits that result when an organization practices valuing diversity. Continue reading »
So far in our Diversity Week we have covered the Definition of diversity, What is Inclusion, and Why is heritage and culture important. Today we turn to the challenges a leader faces when his organization wants to practice valuing diversity. Continue reading »
So far in our Diversity Week we have covered the Definition of diversity and What is Inclusion. Today we turn to heritage and culture to discover how they affects diversity. Continue reading »
In my I started a series on Crowd wisdom about diversity. The question on that post was: What is Diversity? Today's question is: What is Inclusion? Continue reading »
One of my favorite tweet chats is #leadfromwithin, moderated by Lolly Daskal @LollyDaskal. Every week between 800-1,000 people participate in the Tuesday chat, which ends up reaching about 2 million people. Amazing!
Last week the chat’s theme was Diversity. Lolly usually has 10 questions that organize the chat. There was so much good material running through the stream that I decided to share in several posts this week, the crowd wisdom about seven of the questions. Today I want to share some of the responses people gave to the first question. . . Continue reading »
“My work is killing me, literally. I love it, but there’s too much stress. I have to work weekends to keep up with the paperwork and deadlines I can’t finish during the week. My blood pressure is high and my blood sugar is borderline! I had a scare in the office already. Chest pains. Was checked out. Everything seems to be ok. The doctor says it’s stress only. That's why I'm telling you that, literally, this job is killing me.”
Those were the words that a leader. . . Continue reading »