Monday Morning Mojo

One of my greatest joys this last year was working with leaders at the American Nurses Association (ANA) on their grand challenge, Healthy Nurse, Healthy Nation™.  In every category except smoking nurses are less healthy than the average American. Yet nurses are central to our health. They work in hospitals, medical offices, clinics, battlefields, schools […]

My office is in my home. When my kids were younger they would often come tumbling in to interrupt me and ask me for help of some kind – help with homework, help finding something – it was a bit of a problem. I had my daughter, Ruchi, make a special sign out of a

  The best time to start getting ready for the year ahead is before it arrives! And a great way to do it is to ask questions that can propel you to a new level of whatever you prize most in life. Coming up with questions is the easy part, so give yourself over to

There are three activities that make the difference for those leaders who consistently rise to the top when it comes to career, salary, and impact.  The Magic 3 are Transformative Experience Peer Exchange Strategic Reflection.  I have served as an executive advisor to CEOs since 2000 and led my own CEO Peer Groups for six

Thanksgiving is coming up here in the USA – a time where we reflect on what we appreciate about life. When most people think of miracles, they think of a binary choice. It’s either ordinary, practical or it’s a miracle, akin to magic. What they don’t realize is that there is a continuum with many

When you prime, you are getting ready for another activity. The verb takes its name from a biochemical process in which you use a material to get ready for a polymerization process… like preparing a surface with a primer before you paint it. The idea here is that there is an step that readies for

Take a look at your role models – the people who live their lives in very special ways. They all have quirky things they do that make them both extraordinary and unusual. William Staffor, one of my favorite poets, got up at 4am so he could have time every day to write poetry without interruption.

Teachers often talk about the teachable moment: an unplanned opportunity when a student is   particularly open and responsive to a new idea. Thanks to the immediacy and ubiquity of social media, organizations can take advantage of the reachable moment: an unplanned opportunity to use an event to raise awareness by tapping into grassroots support.  When

Last night my family and I were driving back from Annapolis where one of my best friends married his lifelong partner in a very informal yet beautiful ceremony in their home.  The ritual itself was less than 10 minutes long, officiated by a good friend. I was surprised that they made a point of recognizing

Over the last four months I upped my game at the gym, going 5-6x week. In other words, I have made a daily committment. It’s amazing how it has changed my experience of life. My body feels different, my energy is up and my mood gets a daily dose of upbeat hormones. Recently spent a