Tag Archives: diversity

June 17

Some Things Don’t Change

A recent survey by the Ketchum Group’s Leadership Monitor was picked up by a variety of blogs and newspapers due to the “shock” value of the survey conclusions: women outperform men in the top four key leadership metrics. At first glance, this is the type of headline that provides the television talk shows and roundtables the opportunity […]

May 18

Transfusion Is A Good Thing

Transfusion is most frequently associated with the process by which blood is introduced into a human being (EDITOR NOTE: The author’s medical skills and knowledge extend to generally responding appropriately to burns or cuts, accessing Web-MD, and calling 911).  The purposes can be under planned or unexpected circumstances, to either replace the loss of blood, or […]

April 26

The Green Eyed Monster

Shakespeare’s use of jealousy, in families and governments, was a constant theme throughout his works. His use of this theme was consistent with the era and the predominance of the Catholic Church in those times. Envy was identified as one of the seven deadly sins by Pope Gregory and then used by Dante in his “Divine […]

March 13

The Future of Work

One of my favorite magazines (not Time, by the way) had an article the other day which started some thoughts flowing about the overall concept of leadership.  Although the article never mentions the words “leadership”, the author, David Lewis, is an accomplished author and speaker who frequently lectures on the overall importance of leadership to […]

The Loudest Duck Gets Shot – Valuing Diversity

Diversity is good news to any organization. Besides being reflective of organizational charters, personal value systems, it is (hopefully) engrained in procedural doctrine for your organization. Having decided that, is employment policy the only area we have to practice diversity? Are their behaviors, either individual or as an organization that we can commit to not […]