Monday Morning Mojo

It’s a challenging time right now, with politics making it difficult for people talk across views. Our organizations can play an exemplary role, modeling civil discourse. I attended a meeting at ASAE recently and had a chance to listen to Keith Allred, executive director of the National Institute for Civil Discourse, located at the University […]

I started this newsletter because I love Monday mornings, and almost no one else does, or so it would seem. (write me if you like Monday mornings, too – we can commiserate) That said, I thought it would be cool to give people a jolt of positivity to start the week. I still feel that

I am old enough to remember Martin Luther King, Jr, as an active agent in the evolution of our country. Today is the US national holiday to commemorate his birth. I remember sitting in my father’s lap at the age of 6, during our regular evening event of watching Walter Cronkite together (Cronkite was the

There are two groups of people who are in a position to best amplify a CEOs’ leadership; or, if not working well together, can inhibit a CEOs’ effectiveness. One is the executive team, and the other is the board of directors. Executive team performance is critical. I have worked extensively to help executive teams communicate

When I am working on an important project I find time to process my thoughts indirectly. This means I engage in other activities that I find enjoyable, which allow me the luxury of standing back from my work and looking it at it from a detached perspective. Then I see gaps as well as the

Two years ago I developed and delivered a leadership curriculum to the local Oneness Family High School based on my Visionary Leadership Academy (next one is coming up March 10!) . Recently I was asked by the founder, Andrew Kutt, to collaborate together with Results-based Leadership expert, Raj Chawla, on the development of new, fully

One of my favorite times of the year is now… right now! Here between the Christmas holiday and New Year’s eve. This is the perfect time to review the last year and make plans for the one ahead. I find it so inspiring. I have several ways I like to take stock. One is my

Read a great piece about dogs by Clive Wynne, a dog behavior scientist. He admits to once being skeptical of dogs’ unique place in the animal world as uniquely sensitive to “human-like social cognition.” In his studies he wondered about the unique intelligence that enables dogs to play an irreplaceable role in the worlds of

My daughter, Ruchi, did an outstanding job with her grades in the first semester of her freshman year in high school. We wanted to reward her tenacity, perseverance, and results. When we asked her what she wanted, she requested a langa, an Indian dress outfit. My wife helped her pick one out and make the

Dawn Sweeney, CEO of the National Restaurant Association, is an exemplar of extraordinary leadership, my chosen area of focus and professional expertise. I help leaders get better at doing bolder things. Dawn is someone who I watch closely because of the boldness of her initiatives and her successes. The picture above was from the recent