I have the great joy to be married to Laura Baron. Among many other things, she is a talented and highly esteemed singer-songwriter. One of my delights is having a front row seat to the many rehearsals that take place in our home, including all of the wonderful musicians who perform with her. Laura not […]
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My next book, Visionary Leadership: How Association Leaders Embrace Disruption in the 21st Century, becomes available in hard copy June 7th. It’s been a great pleasure not just to write it, but to design it. I love graphic design because (a) it adds a dimension to the content, and (b) it’s an art. That’s one
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As I write this Sunday afternoon I am on my way home from an absolutely fabulous board meeting with one of my clients. The board embraced a pivot for the organization that will take them into new and exciting territory, a quantum leap extending and growing their core value in new ways. This is one
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Sometimes I wake up early in the morning, long before my alarm clock goes off, with a fire in my belly. I have learned that the best way to handle that is to pull out my journal and write down whatever is on my mind. Sometimes that is a to-do list that my subconscious feels
If you have been subscribing to Monday Morning Mojo for a year or more, you know I love Holi! I never would have found this amazing celebration and holiday had we not adopted our wonderful daughter, Ruchi, from India 7 1/2 years ago. That’s her dancing with my wife, Laura, in the bottom of the
Since 1995 I have been helping teams of professionals liberate their best thinking and use it to drive change. I cannot take credit for the outcomes they generated, but I do enjoy the satisfaction of knowing I helped set up the conversations so real innovation could take place. Last year one of my favorite clients
My fourth book comes out next month. I am honored to have several stories of amazing CEOs who are using their position to make the world a better place. This book will provide my definition of visionary leadership, working for the benefit of humanity. It includes a set of competencies, techniques for building each, a
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Twenty-five years ago I was in a 2 1/2 minute video that shows another part of me, yet also strangely reveals what has stayed the same. Cuppa Cuppa was conceived, produced and directed by my good friend, B. Guerney, and features another close friend, Kurt Nemes. That’s Kurt and me in the picture above, from
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In my work, I spend time with CEOs of professional societies and trade associations, helping them to find a way forward in the 21st century. It most often involves innovation, taking them beyond the status quo to create new ways of serving their members. In particular, I am interested in how these leaders, along with
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Calvin Dove and I are pictured above. Calvin is the coffee roaster at Quartermaine’s, one of my hangouts here in Bethesda. I wrote my two last books in Quartermaine’s. Calvin and I often strike up a conversation while I am there. Yesterday we took some time out after he got off his shift to get
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