I remember the first time I was promoted to a leadership position, when I was named assistant supervisor of a new department. One of the first things the supervisor said to me was “I don’t have a lot of time, and I don’t like to repeat myself, so pay attention and take good notes, and […]

Do you know what the right thing to do is? Are you sure? Do you always do the right thing? Are you sure? When I was young I used to always do the right thing; at least I thought I was doing so. I never cursed, never stole, never cheated and was nice to everyone. […]

I’ve had a couple of good things happen to me over the past 7 days. Actually, I’ve had more than a couple things, but two stand out in relation to today’s leadership topic. First, I was informed that Mitch’s Blog made the Center for Management And Organizational Effectiveness’ Top 100 Socially-Shared Leadership Blogs of 2018. […]

Confidence is a funny thing. When you have it, you feel like there’s nothing in the world that can stop you. You feel like you can make all the money you want to make; you feel as though you’re smarter than every person you meet; you feel entitled to the better things in life; you […]

I went to a networking event earlier this evening. Before I got there, I stopped at the grocery store to pick up some medicine for my mother, who’s been fighting a cold lately. I walked into the store close behind this young couple that was ahead of me. pondering the imponderable When we got into […]