Check out this list. What do these things have in common: Telephone Deck of cards Answering machine Phone book Cookbook Camera Camcorder Tape recorder Radio Cup of Dice Alarm clock Calculator Dictionary Rolodex Calendar Street map Flashlight Fax Compass Metronome Outdoor thermometer Encyclopedia Hint: You may be reading or listening to this edition of Read2Lead … Continued
Thanks for the wonderful feedback on my just-completed 3-part series on how to constructively engage when there is CONFLICT. I got wonderful push back, too. Some argued against the usefulness of my prescriptions in important cases. For example, my deliberate, humble and honest approach to engaging conflict seemed to these readers to be of questionable … Continued
This is part 2 of 3 in thinking about one of – if not the greatest energy-sucks in organizational and family life: Conflict. Last week, I suggested a three-part foundation (if you missed last week’s RFL, the three parts are described in a little more detail at the end of this): Last week’s lessons: 1: … Continued
We were seven kids in a pretty healthy family. Seven kids in a 3-bedroom ranch. Oh, and seven 7 kids in our one Ford Country Squire. Picture the 9 of us, sardine chldren: We were a daily and nightly laboratory of conflict. My memory is that there was crying on pretty much a daily basis. Like … Continued
Perhaps you have read of Fr. Gregory Boyle, S.J. Boyle has been working (LEADING!) in Los Angeles for thirty years, dedicated to Homeboy Industries, “the largest gang intervention, rehabilitation and re-entry program in the world.” In his two books, he frequently introduces the “homies” (as he and they refer to themselves) by referencing aspects of … Continued
Two stories this week scream to those in authority and to those without authority- and I would guess that we are all both. In different contexts, we are with and without authority. The stories confront us with the worst of human nature and of the need for vigilance. We only have time for one story. … Continued
I have one question that I think might make your 2018 dramatically better and also more fun. First I begin with a question, then a quick story, then the might be mighty part of the story. The Question: “What could happen in 2018 for which you would say a year from now, ‘Wow, that was awesome,’ … Continued
Your Key Task on December 11 is . . . to implement Mulhern’s First Law:* Always Think From Right to Left. Right, in this case, is December 31. It is just twenty days away. What do you and your key peeps really want or need to accomplish by then? 8 of those days are holidays … Continued
An old friend and I were sharing with each other some of what we are grateful for. It’s a wonderful practice I’ve been sharing with anyone who will participate with me. He said: “I’m grateful that in my 15 years of teaching I did nothing I have to worry about when it comes to women … Continued
With the Cosby, Trump, Franken, Moore, Louis CK, Weinstein, Ailes, Conyers, Rose…outrages alive and festering, all of us in families and other organizations have a chance to learn and do better. The lessons pertain to sex, power and yet go beyond these. For reflection: Power infects and power protects the offenders. If the men listed … Continued