Reuniting Your Corporate Family®, Part III
Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world. Desmond Tutu We’d like to begin this final blog in our series about reuniting your Corporate Family® with a question: What do people in your organization need in order to feel appreciated and motivated? […]
Reuniting Your Corporate Family®, Part II
Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much. Helen Keller “Wow Tyler, way to steal the show at the meeting this morning. Do you think you could have given the rest of us a chance to shine?” Amanda complained as she filled up her coffee mug. “Look, you always […]
Reuniting Your Corporate Family®, Part I
The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family.” Lee Iacocca One of the most exciting aspects of the COVID-19 vaccination process is the anticipated reuniting of family members, many of whom have been separated for over a year. But personal families are not the only […]
Social Distancing: Shortcomings and Solutions
For the past few months, the LEADon® team has been fielding an oft-repeated question: “Is social distancing sustainable for our teams long term?” The simple answer is no, absolutely not. The rationale is equally as simplistic: as humans we are interpersonal creatures, and despite the greatest technology, people need contact and interaction with others in […]
Vaccinations and Social Connections
While 2020 might be a year many people would like to forget, recent events have highlighted an essential component of the Corporate Family® experience that leaders would be remiss to ignore. In January of 2021, people from all walks of life not only began to receive COVID vaccinations but also experienced critical social connections which […]
Successful Foresight Requires Strategic Hindsight
“Look not mournfully into the past. It comes not back again.” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Hyperion (1839) The old saying “Hindsight is twenty-twenty” no doubt sends shivers down some of our spines. After enduring the unprecedented events of the 2020 global pandemic, many of us would like to forget that ill-fated year and move swiftly into […]
Generational Differences
“My mother and I had a generational smackdown this past weekend,” the young woman shared with a smile. “She didn’t like the way I responded to a question, but it’s really her fault for raising me with so much confidence, right?” As a Boomer, I didn’t know exactly how I should respond to this “overshare,” […]
Fighting Fires: Part II
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer. Ralph Waldo Emerson While climbing up the popular tourist site of Dunn’s River Falls in Jamaica, one member of our family began to struggle with the slippery rocks and steep ascent. A man just ahead of our group suddenly […]