by Lance | Mar 14, 2012 | Authenticity, Courage, Effectiveness, Inspiration, Leadership, Service, Values
During a conversation today with senior leaders of one of America’s once great companies, I learned of their plans to cut costs during the next fiscal year. After several years of budget cuts, sales declines, sinking employee morale, stress and burnout, and the...
by Lance | Mar 11, 2012 | Authenticity, Character, Effectiveness, Inspiration, Leadership, Service
Here is a simple idea: If each of us commits to being more inspiring, and we invite all our friends to do the same, and millions do it, we will change the world. Simple, right? Will you make a commitment today to be more inspiring in your meetings, your e-mails and...
by Lance | Jan 10, 2012 | Authenticity, Character, Effectiveness, Inspiration, Leadership, Service, Values
“Let us enter the New Year cheerfully. Let us resolve to look on the bright side, to make the best of whatever may befall, to maintain faith that doing the right thing will ultimately bring victory. Let us cultivate sunniness, resist sourness. We can...
by Lance | Nov 3, 2011 | Authenticity, Character, Courage, Destiny, Inspiration, Leadership, Love, Oneness
If you haven’t yet read the eulogy for Steve Jobs delivered by his sister, Mona Simpson, take a moment to do so – and be sure to have plenty of Kleenex handy. This is a remarkable piece of writing about a remarkable man. Seldom is one so privileged to...
by Lance | Oct 28, 2011 | Authenticity, Courage, Destiny, Effectiveness, Inspiration, Leadership, Love, ONE Dream®, Oneness, Service
Don Tapscot, in his recent Huffingtpon Post article reports on the priorities of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Councils. He notes that they are: Growth and Employment Models The policy prescriptions, industry models and performance incentives that...
by Lance | Jul 26, 2011 | Authenticity, Character, Effectiveness, Inspiration, Leadership, Values
Let’s assume that Bloomberg (the publishers of Businessweek) understand their target audience. Let’s also assume that their target audience are the executives and leaders of our corporations, academia, healthcare and political institutions. In other words,...