Blog Posts

Leading an Intergenerational Workforce

Jan Rutherford and Megan Gerhardt, Ph.D. in a workshop on Leading an Intergenerational Workforce based on Megan's book: "Gentelligence." Learn how we can all leverage differences to achieve impact and...
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Connect: Building Exceptional Relationships with Family, Friends, and Colleague with Carole Robin.

Carole's book is based on the landmark Interpersonal Dynamics (“Touchy-Feely”) course at Stanford University Graduate School of Business. Students often described the experience as “transformational,” and Carole’s new book  can help anyone hoping...
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Present

The wave of bad news seems to have reached a new level of intensity.   It does force us to pause and take stock in what truly matters.  Gratitude is defined...
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Listening + Enlightening = Teaching = Leadership

In my book, I wrote a chapter about hearing the unheard which underscored the subtitle of self-reliant leadership.  That is, self-reliant leadership is synonymous with knowing which questions to ask...
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How to sell nothing at a tradeshow

While waiting to watch Levi Leipheimer win the Leadville Trail 100 Mountain Bike Race in Colorado recently, I visited a bike festival to kill some time.  I paid my five...
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What Leaders Can Learn From Nurses

The word leader doesn't usually conjure up an image of a nurse.  When I met Mary with her small stature, red hair and glasses, I wasn't thinking leader either.  What I found...
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The Ultimate Listener

Jo Berry & Pat Magee

The amazing thing about Jo Berry is not that she forgives the man responsible for killing her father in Northern Ireland in...
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