Archive for the ‘ Direction ’ Category
My younger brother, Chris Morris, is an insanely talented musician/singer/songwriter. (Sure, I might be a tad biased but if you don’t believe me just see for yourself). This week Chris released a new music video for a song called, “Why Don’t You Come Home?” The song is a resurrection and recreation of an incredibly rare [ READ MORE ]
Our work needs to be so much more than just a way to make money; it must be about the purpose or cause we serve through our efforts at work—making other people’s lives more productive and enriching because of what we do—while that service becomes a means to providing quality choices for the things that we cherish the most[ READ MORE ]
“Now!”, thus spoke a good App to me, “Click on my icon and you shall see, treasures of knowlendge and wisdom so fine, to help you make the most of the daily grind, Excellence, you may claim, if but you will, open me up and take your fill!” App Yourself, by J. Diamond Arnold (A [ READ MORE ]
At some point as a little girl, probably around the age of seven or eight, I decided it was perfectly normal to tell people I was going through my “awkward phase.” It is that inevitable phase in our youth perhaps many of you experienced, where you’re in between sizes, your teeth haven’t decided which way [ READ MORE ]
Think of all the things you have discovered, learned, experienced in the past one thousand days of your life[ READ MORE ]
Your career is an epic journey! Or, at least, it should be—something that Homer or Isaacson would muse about over pages of poetry and prose. Unfortunately, too many careers seem to be cut adrift, floating across an open sea without direction or purpose. Too many are a flat line rather than a brilliant arc that [ READ MORE ]
***Special Why Lead Now Blog Article As a Central Pennsylvania native, raised among the peaceful valleys that are nestled within the beautiful rolling Appalachian Mountains, there was always the notion of a glorious kingdom that lay just beyond the northern range of the Cumberland Valley. A place where all the boys in my neighborhood recognized [ READ MORE ]
“Out, out, brief candle…” William Shakespeare’s, Macbeth The news of Steve Jobs passing was like a hot branding iron, forged amidst the fire of creativity and ingenuity of the Silicon Valley at the turn of the 21st century. True to the brand he forged, the simple, yet elegant pose captured on the home page of [ READ MORE ]
As leaders, we spend a lot of time looking at ways we can best manage the people who report to us. We ask questions such as: How much direction do we need to give to an individual? How can we best support them? How can we be leaders that our people both trust and respect? [ READ MORE ]
Congratulations! Your budget has been approved and soon you’ll be adding a new employee to your department. Not only is this an exciting time for you, but it will also be an incredibly exciting time for your new hire. It’s your responsibility to make sure that enthusiastic beginner eventually develops into an empowered expert. To [ READ MORE ]
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