A Message to Leaders – Are You a Hope Carrier?

This week many of us are heading back to work and kicking off what we all hope will be an exciting new year filled with success and happiness. Leaders across the world are holding meetings and calls discussing the 2020 goals, new product campaigns, new expectations, and new challenges. And among all of the charges […]

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When Losing is Winning

I couldn’t believe the post on my LinkedIn feed. Someone had posted a pic of a full-figured model and asked one of those dumb, “duh” questions such as, “Should Full-Figured Models be Allowed to Walk the Fashion Runway?” My self-justified, smart-ass Comment, “Move this to Facebook.” I mean this is LinkedIn. Where I LIVE as […]

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Yo Leaders – You Ain’t All That and a Bag of Chips

I have always enjoyed the saying, “You ain’t all that and a bag of chips” because it is so descriptive of many of the situations that I have seen in business and life. A fitting example of this happened just a couple of weeks ago when I had the opportunity to connect with a few […]

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Leading the Little Rascals?

One of my favorite shows growing up on Saturday mornings was, “The Little Rascals.” I have to admit I even like watching the remake movies with my grandkids because they bring back such great memories and still make me laugh. I’m pretty sure everybody reading this has seen at least one episode of The Little […]

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Lessons for Business and Life from 34,000 Feet

A couple weeks ago, I experienced both the high (I was upgraded – YES!) and the somewhat low (I had a window seat – UGH!) of business travel during a trip from San Francisco to Dallas. As we took off, I looked out the window and couldn’t help but notice the incredible beauty of the […]

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