...happiness, love, adversity, virtue, divinity, and meaning of life. The broad tapestry Jonathon weaves together is fascinating, colorful, and often insightful. Other times it gets disjointed and confusing. His central metaphor illustrates the book’s key concepts and is itself an ancient idea updated with modern research; our minds are divided...
Read post »...difference in our children of tomorrow.” The last woman replied, “I would love to hear them say…LOOK, SHE’S MOVING!!!!!” A powerful way to uncover or strengthen our sense of purpose is to think through what we’d like to be able to say our life stood for when it’s all over....
Read article »...loved it! Very easy read – well suited for many levels of managers. I would like to have all of my production managers read this book before our upcoming planning session in two weeks. I need 20 copies for this. Given that I need to get them books in the...
Read post »...my books is always energizing and provides the fuel to keep writing. I especially love to hear how my words have had an impact. She also added her comment to Amazon UK listing of The Leader’s Digest. If you’ve enjoyed one or more of my books and we’re connected on...
Read post »...CIO and CSO magazines. She also interviewed Daniel Goleman and other leading EI researchers and writers. The resulting article (“Soft Skills for CIOs and Aspiring CIOs: Four Ways to Boost Your Emotional Intelligence”) is excellent. You can read it online at http://www.cio.com/article/121200/Soft_Skills_for_CIOs_and_Aspiring_CIOs_Four_Ways_to_Boost_Your_Emotional_Intelligence/1. I’d love to get your experiences with personally...
Read post »...half of our lives with opportunities rather than loss. He concludes with a chapter on Seven Words to Remember; “Use things. Love people. Worship the divine.” Since I am well into my second half of life — and looking to leverage my crystalized intelligence — this book resonated very strongly...
Read post »...I love to get examples of the power of process mapping, like the one Jeff Johnson provides below. The Improvement Point Jeff is referring to proceeds his comment. “As important as what’s measured is how the information is used. In many organizations, team members and managers resist measuring accuracy rates,...
Read post »...And that newer generation is now yearning to love their work and organization, and be shown genuine care and commitment in return. This demonstrates both a tremendous opportunity and a critical threat for forward-thinking executives as they build their organization for growth over the next few years. The CLEMMER Group...
Read post »...IQ must be two or three times that — call it “unsynergy.” Taming the E-mail Beast I love and hate e-mail. It’s a highly effective tool in so many ways. But like any tool, it can easily be misused and abused. Most managers are doing far too little to mitigate...
Read article »...you love, and it plays to your strengths but it’s not serving an organizational purpose? Your work might be a professional hobby. That’s a dangerous place to be when payroll costs are being tightly scrutinized. Think back to a career high when you were performing at your peak. You may...
Read post »I love to get comments like this one from Sharon, a subscriber responding to a recent Improvement Point she received. Whether it’s in a workshop or an e-mail, comments like hers so wonderfully bring alive the point I’m trying to get across. For those of you who don’t know, Improvement...
Read post »...reported that only 7 percent thought their organization was effectively developing leaders! To paraphrase a popular love song, we’ve been looking for leadership development in all the wrong places. We need a better way. We’re also at the intersection of powerful and revolutionary research emerging from the new movements of...
Read article »...deep look at a highly authentic and original trail blazer. Reading his personal journal entries and his prolific and insightful letters as he struggled to discover and follow his bliss provides a rich context and understanding for his huge body of work. Campbell’s love of research, learning, and extensive study...
Read post »I love working with concepts, the big picture, strategy, and ideas. I’ve also come to really enjoy conceiving, researching, and writing books. I just finished my seventh, Growing @ the Speed of Change: Your Inspir-actional How-To Guide For Leading Yourself and Others through Constant Change which I am really pleased...
Read post »...for all this “voluntary labor!” Jim and Clemmer Team, “I just love your newsletter and am so thankful that a colleague recommended it to me several years ago. It’s the one newsletter that I actually look forward to receiving and have not canceled due to boredom with the ‘same old,...
Read post »...for stronger team building. “Great teamwork is an outcome; you can only create the conditions for it to flourish. Like getting rich or falling in love, you cannot simply will it to happen.” – Jerry Useem, “What’s that spell? TEAMWORK!” Fortune 1. “Great teams always have a noble cause. 2....
Read post »...ultimately who we are. In fact, the ego can create powerful blockades of pride, shame, and fear that prevent too many people from opening themselves up to love and healing.” – Eben Alexander, Living in a Mindful Universe: A Neurosurgeon’s Journey into the Heart of Consciousness “Niles, I’ve got...
Read post »...expanded and totally rewritten for the second edition, and we produced an extensive workbook for The VIP Strategy: Leadership Skills for Exceptional Performance) had become routine and is less exciting. Like first love or a first child, a first book is charged with novelty and high excitement. But like the...
Read post »...or 4 key areas of expertise, what you love and excel at doing, and successful experiences you’ve had. You can use a version of the template I used to focus on what you do, who you currently or ideally would work with, how your approach for that skill works best,...
Read post »...coaching skills development work we do. I’d love to write something on this. However, I am finishing up my first business fable. The working title is Moose-on-the-Table: A Fable on Courageous Conversations in the Workplace. This new project – and exciting new writing approach for me – is really filling...
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