Leadership, while studied widely and deeply, remains misunderstood by a surprisingly large number of people.  In this world, there are some who would have us believe that leadership is only for a select few.  There are some too, who believe it is the job of leaders to rescue the rest of us from our various predicaments. It is a choice we make.  MORE >>

You would have had to hold a gun on me to get me into a store on Black Friday. Nothing against that date. hate shopping year round. Now let me list some exceptions. It is a rare week when I am not browsing in a bookstore or two. For some odd reason, I also like drugstores. Office supply stores have a minor appeal. All other stores? Forget it. MORE >>

Dream. Far reaching, seemingly impossible, worthwhile, dependent on faith and huge personal risk, with no guarantee of success. Goals. Defined aspects of realizing the dream. Attainable, stretching and measurable. Plans. Action steps written to systematically complete goals. Assigned, scheduled and accountable. Making Dreams Come True. MORE >>

All news out of Africa is bad. It made me want to go there, though not for the horror, the hot spots, the massacre-and-earthquake stories you read in the newspaper; I wanted the pleasure of being in Africa again. There I had live and worked, happily, almost forty years ago, in the heart of the greenest continent. MORE >>

A lot of interesting things have happened to me over the years - fodder for stories. Today as I was reflecting about what parents do and do not teach their teens, I remembered one of those gems. was 22 years old, and it was the morning after my bride and I had returned from our honeymoon road trip out West. I don't know. What would you like?" MORE >>