Every year-end I make a list of 100 memories from the year. These could be events, moments, firsts, lasts, etc....
Gentle holiday/year-end reminder: Make a LIFE, not a LIVING. Enjoy this wonderful time of the year with your family and...
I first used this concept in 1984 on an Economic Development effort in Akron, Ohio. (I still have my little...
A PHARM (rep) ATTITUDE: Visits. Presentations. Just Ask. A FARM (farmer) ATTITUDE: Cultivate. Spread Manure. Hope. You’re in sales. Get...
I did six training/coaching sessions in eight days. (The Diocese, a large Goodwill organization, Association of Independent Camps, a College,...
Tom and I spend a good deal of time on the road traveling to just about every city in the...
Martin Luther King Said, “I HAVE A DREAM.” He didn’t say, “I HAVE A STRATEGIC PLAN.” Then, Andy Grove said,...
Lately, I’ve been having something of identity crisis with respect to ‘social entrepreneurs’ and ‘for impact leaders’. A consensus definition...
I continue to chew and feed on the W.O.W. emails. They are GREAT! They challenge the way I think and...
Malcolm Gladwell, of TIPPING POINT and BLINK fame, writes an interesting book (Outliers: The Storry of Success) on what separates...
Last week’s Barron’s weekly magazine featured a story on the New Faces of Philanthropy. It’s a look at Gen X...
A lot of ‘NONPROFITS’ are desperately trying to attain ‘SUSTAINABILITY’. “If we just had an ENDOWMENT that covered all of...
