Resilient Wednesday Weekly Memo

I attended a family reunion and memorial service for my sister-in-law, Patty, this past weekend. Her young grandchildren eulogized her by reciting some poems they selected and that had meaning to them,  their grandmother, and as it turned out, the rest of our family. Poetry has always been source for quieting,  reflecting and deepening our […]

I made a trip to the Genius Bar at the Apple Store the other day to check on my laptop, which was exhibiting the Spinning Beachball of Death way too often As usual the store was packed but since I had an appointment, I was confident I would be seen in a timely manner. When

One of the great controversies in the canine world is why do dogs love to stick their heads out the window of a moving car.  Perhaps it is the views that expand their world outside of their crates and home world. Maybe it is the wind blowing up their coiffure that serves as a kind

The Resilience Advantage promotes the notion that we want to be prepared for difficult events before they happen. That may mean that we are able to predict them ahead of time or that we are strengthen our overall resources so that when adversity strikes, we have the resources needed to take on the challenge. That

On Saturday afternoon, 19-year-old Canadian Leylah Fernandez lost the US Women Open Tennis Tournament final but won the hearts of everyone who watched the match. Fernandez lost to 18-year-old Emma Raducanu of Great Britain in the first women’s match of teenagers in 22 years. The US Tennis Open was always played close to my home

I was on the tarmac at DFW Airport 20 years ago waiting for my American Airlines plane to take off for an early morning business trip. Our pilot announced that we had a mechanical problem and had to return to the terminal. None of us knew that he had been ordered back to the gate

Nike announced this week that they are offering their corporate employees a week off to rest, recover and recharge. Their action is in line with other organizations such as Microsoft (added 5 wellbeing days to employee benefits) and Intel (4 weeks of sabbatical after 4 years at the company). Over the course of my career

Deborah called me last week to tell me it worked!  Yea I thought, and then I realized I had no idea what I had told her that worked so well. In our coaching session the previous week, I suggested to her that she could consider the choices she wanted to exercise in meetings with her

Susan B. Anthony spoke those words in 1902 in reference to the women’s suffrage movement and she was right.   Today, those words are often used by business leaders to motivate their teams to work tirelessly in pursuit of a workplace outcome that will drive success for the organization. Perhaps, it is time to reconsider the

I’ve often shared ideas about energy management, which is a much more powerful concept than is time management. Time can’t be controlled and even worse, time typically dictates to us what we can get done. After all, there are only 24 hours, 1440 minutes or 86,400 seconds in each day and that is not going