Positivity

I just read sad and shocking news in GIGAOM. Former France Telecom chief executive Didier Lombard has been indicted by a court in Paris over allegations that he led a corporate culture of bullying and harassment that resulted in the suicide of at least 30 employees.

It made me think. Are leaders consciously aware that the cultures they create can bring life, joy, and healthy productivity or unhealthy negativity, lack of engagement, and even death?

I would like to think that Mr. Lombard did not set out to create a culture of death. But he failed to see how bullying and harassment could result in a high toll of suicides. What is even sadder is that he failed to grasp that creating a different kind of culture not only could have prevented many of those deaths, but could have also create . . . Continue reading »

In our western world we tend to be very superficial with greetings: “Hi,” What’s up!, ” "How are you?" And then we really don't want to hear a genuine response. Leaders should remember that a greeting can be a gift, and use it wisely. Wikipedia says that “Greeting is an act of communication in which human intentionally make their presence known to each other.” Today we are going to explore how the gift of greeting can enrich relationships. Continue reading »

The New Year is almost here. You can almost touch it! This gives you an amazing opportunity.  You can either bemoan how your are getting older or you can decide to become your best in 2012. Continue reading »

This is the place where
everything begins again.
Here you can find the gift
that heaven left, in the stable.

The first tentative breath
of the Breath of life,
announcing with a wailing
that God is here on earth.

The wordless Word incarnate
the same that formed the world,
is seeking, clutching, tugging,
his life in Mary’s hands.

The Wisdom that gave birth
to seen and unseen life,
the One that nurtured earth,
and keeps all human hearts, Continue reading »