Leadership Guidance from the World’s Nicest Grown-Up

September 14, 2015 by Leave a Comment
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The "World’s Nicest Grown-Up," now that’s an enviable moniker. He's also been called the Dalai Lama of television, a Pied Piper, and even messianic. Think nice, sweater-addicts can't get ahead? With a U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom, a Hollywood Walk of Fame Star, and 40 honorary university degrees, his net worth was over $8 million when he died in 2003. Welcome to Fred Rogers’ neighborhood, a place where leaders mine solid gold. Mr. Rogers' 15 Lessons for Leaders 1. Want to achieve ultimate success? Be Kind. “There are three ways … [Read more...]

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3 Labor Day Honey-Dos

September 7, 2015 by 6 Comments
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In the U.S., Labor Day weekend marks the end of summer. School begins, or gets fully into swing. Darkness comes earlier. Hopefully, temps cool. If you’re in the Midwest like me, you’re less likely to be sucked up in a tornado after Labor Day. Over Labor Day weekend, most of us steel ourselves for what’s to come, knowing we’ll work without a real break ‘til winter holidays. (Especially now that retail stores are open on Thanksgiving, but I’ll stop myself from going off a rant about that). Usually, we create a "Honey-Do" list for ourselves or … [Read more...]

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Leaders Look Back for Inspiration to Go Forward

August 31, 2015 by Leave a Comment
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We read a lot about how leaders--especially women leaders--need to look forward, to hustle, to keep our feet constantly moving to gain greater equality, more success in the future. Today I'm in-couraging you to stop and look back, and to make it a habit to look back frequently. The reason? There are literally hundreds, likely tens of thousands, of extraordinary women leaders in U.S. (and all nations) past. Unfortunately, women weren't included in our textbooks. The National Women's History Museum  can help. Borrowing from the tagline for … [Read more...]

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On Convenience: Why We Need Less

August 23, 2015 by 1 Comment
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I’m moving to a U.S. community where there’s no home mail delivery service. This scares me. I’ve already started thinking about how inconvenient it will be to go to the post office and collect my mail. How will I ever find the time? “Can I get someone else to do this mail retrieval process for me?” flashed through my mind. So did, “Wonder when drones will be available to deliver it to my door?” Eric Weiner stopped me in my presumed inconvenience tracks through his LA Times op-ed: Convenience has costs—to our health, our wallets and our … [Read more...]

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See Yourself As Whole: Dr. Shari Keller

August 17, 2015 by 1 Comment
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Dr. Shari Keller’s biography has its true beginning in the year 1975 when she made her first trip to the ashram of Avatar Meher Baba with her parents. Meher Baba’s motto, “Master in Servitude” has been her inspiration and guiding principle from that time, and is the operational basis for the company she heads in Jaipur, India—Mehera Shaw. Shari graduated from Pomona College with a double major in pre-med and music, and went on to gain her doctorate in cultural anthropology at the University of Texas, Austin. Along with her husband, Mark, … [Read more...]

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