I came across this article written by Russ Bredholt for the Strategist Journal which took an interesting position distinguishing between a Leadership Agenda and what many of us refer to as a Strategic Agenda for a company. It was very valuable to me in distinguishing some thoughts and I thought it would be valuable to [...]

When you have weathered the storms together, and fought the battles together, your hope is that you can reap the rewards together. That doesn’t always happen…unfortunately. Original writing date: October 8, 2007

Is there ever a time in which it is finally time to say goodbye to a loved one before they pass away? You can’t say goodbye ahead of time, of course. You’re not in control of whether they pass away and you obviously don’t want to encourage it. On the other hand, if they pass [...]

Markets go up. Markets go down. Life goes on. Competitors appear. Competitors fade. Life goes on. Drama Advances. Drama recedes. Life goes on. We’re up today. We’re down tomorrow. Life goes on. Original writing date: September 11, 2007

I experienced something tonight I haven’t experienced for a very long time. I remember two buses going from Camden Catholic High School in Cherry Hill, New Jersey to Notre Dame my junior year in high school to check out Notre Dame as a possible college. We left on a Thursday, spent the entire weekend, took [...]

If we sent more time listening and less time talking, we’d understand a whole lot more! Original writing date: August 20, 2007

Have you ever seen Bridget Jones’s Diary? Have you ever heard Mike Huckabee? What’s the charm? What’s the attraction? I thought about both of those on the same day. I was working on the elliptical, flailing away and sweating in the process as I was watching Mike Huckabee do a presentation to a group in [...]