Leadership Articles

If I asked you to conjure up an image of an Army (or Navy, Marine Corp, etc.) Drill Sergeant, I’m almost certain what you conceived would match up pretty closely to the photograph on the right. For generations, Drill Sergeants have been characterized by the intensity...

“Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.”                                                   Ralph Waldo Emerson Can you remember the last time a friend, colleague or a boss gave you an encouraging word – some intentionally...

"If you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you'll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks.  You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view, until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it."        Atticus Finch, To...

Note: This blog also was published by FastCompany.com on June 26, 2012.   http://bit.ly/MQkfrS “Happiness does not lie in happiness, but in the achievement of it.”                                                      Fyodor Dostoevsky Karen Klein, a 68-year-old school...