The sun reached her nadir yesterday at 10:58 AM EST as many people were preparing for their holiday celebrations. For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, we begin our 6-month journey back to the warmth of the summertime. It’s no wonder that we are built for resilience as nature showers her experiences of recovering […]
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We’re hearing a lot about resource management with all the supply chain issues. Not enough trucks, too much cargo sitting out in the ocean, too few workers to process and deliver. All this strains the system and the system responds by moving slowly, which is not a condition we are familiar with in the United
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Yesterday was Pearl Harbor Day, the 80th anniversary of the day that “lives in infamy”. It was also my father’s birthday. On that fateful day in 1941, my mother was preparing a birthday party for her fiancée. It was going to be a surprise party with lots of friends and family attending the celebration. The
The first Broadway musical I attended as a child was Do Re Mi starring Phil Silvers and Nancy Walker. My dad had won 2 orchestra seat tickets from work for he and mom but traded them in for balcony seats so he could take the whole family. I remember seeing Phil Silvers looking up at
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Last Thanksgiving, I was out on a hike with Sheila and some friends when I received a phone call from a colleague congratulating me on having my Thanksgiving Op-Ed published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Since I did not have a chance to share it with you last year, I wanted to post it in time
I had another business coaching leader tell me again that “working with me is like being in therapy.” As I do with the many others who have made that comment to me, I go onto explain to them that “working with me may be therapeutic, but it is not therapy.” The first time I heard
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Our new neighbors told us that in downsizing from their suburban home to their new (and smaller) townhouse, they called their adult children and told them to collect their childhood memorabilia, or it was all headed to the resale shops or dumpsters. Their kids came and took a box or two of remembrances and our
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We went hiking last week at a nature preserve sponsored by the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, with our friend Pam. The hike was gifted with a Conservancy Guide who took us “hiking at the speed of Botany,” meaning that he would stop every 200 yards or so to show us the red phloem of the Sassafras
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The War for Talent is over. Talent has won! People are mislabeling this victory for talent as The Great Resignation as if to suggest that people are quitting and hanging it up. Far from it, today’s workers are seeking new opportunities and challenges. Perhaps better to call it The Great Renewal No doubt, the challenges
There is a long tail to global events like the Covid-19 Pandemic. As tragic as the loss of life and disruptions at work and school, small inconveniences gnaw away at our patience and kindness to each other. But then something happens that reminds us of the good. Heading out to the airport for a trip
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