Do you feel like a winner today?                         Did your team hit its goals? Did you make progress? Rosabeth Moss Kanter studied teams that win and teams that lose. She found that winning teams have some advantages over losing teams. Winning teams: Have a better attitude. Enjoy hanging out with each other. Are more open to […]

We are facing a “new normal.” Still not certain what that will be. Early in adulthood, I was exposed to the idea that life would be a series of transitions, one after the other. “Same old, same old” wasn’t a thing. “Continuing change” would be. The person who taught me that idea went further by saying, […]

You don’t have to look far to find someone going through a tough time. The stories are all around us. People suffering through persistent, mysterious pain and illness; parents and grandparents worried about their children’s difficulties; folks mourning the loss of loved ones. Hardships abound. When challenges and disappointing circumstances arise, it’s easy to become […]

“Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them become what they are capable of being.”- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe I’ve heard a variation of this theme three times this week. I regard it as a “sign” that I should share. Goethe’s idea is that people tend to rise […]