You have to pay attention when opportunities knock on your door, and if you don’t, you may not have a door much longer. In stories about Toys ‘R’ Us going out of business in the US, I kept reading about the impact of Amazon, Wal-Mart, and a crushing debt load. If what I saw this […]

It’s common in HR circles today to talk about being strategic partners rather than just the “Personnel Office” that processes time sheets and vacation requests. Hopefully, those days are over, and your HR professionals are helping develop a talent strategy that aligns with your business strategy. In doing so, they are should be spotting the […]

As a trainer and a coach I need time to think about my clients’ issues, think about new approaches to problems, think about the concerns that will come tomorrow that I need to start considering today. I find, though, that if I do not put some dedicated “thinking time” onto my calendar, or make sure […]

Ten years ago this month I decided to take up running and run my first marathon, and two years later I set a goal of completing The Marathon Grand Slam (a marathon on all seven continents and at the North Pole). I achieved that goal in 2016, and along the way learned plenty of lessons […]