At my last consulting assignment, people who didn’t work in my department would often stop me and say “You smile all the time; you must really enjoy your life.” CK, Carl, Carlo, Carlito via Compfight I’d thank them and move on, because that would also make me smile. Truth be told, a lot of the […]

This article is repurposed from April 2015; I felt it deserved an update and the chance to reach new visitors who’ve never had the chance to see it. Many years ago I had an interim assignment at a hospital in New York City. The reason I got it was because it was in Harlem and […]

Mentoring seems to be the thing on my mind lately. So much so that I wrote an article on LinkedIn about it last week. It also follows up my 2013 post on the subject and my original post from 2006. Yup, I’ve been blogging a long time. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory – PNNL via Compfight […]

Let me tell you a story; it’s true of course because it involves me. Last Thursday I listened to a message on my business line. It was from a guy who’s a higher ranked board member that I am within a national organization I’m a part of. I’m a local chapter president, a position I’ve […]

Some years ago, I had a conversation with a potential coaching client. It was the exploratory session, the free one, where I listen to what the other person is telling me they want to work on and gives me some information on their life. I wasn’t sure how or where this person had heard of […]