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 […]
Fighting Fires Part I
“Fire tests gold, suffering tests brave men.” Seneca Wildfires are raging across the west in the United States, and on the heels of a harrowing fire season in Australia, the team at LEADon® reflected on the firestorms that we have survived in southern California during the past two decades. Thousands were displaced and countless families […]
Cultivating Courage
“There is no living thing that is not afraid when it faces danger. The true courage is in facing danger when you are afraid.” Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz The Cowardly Lion, sojourner with the legendary Dorothy, bears one of the most oxymoronic monikers in literature and filmography. After all, lions are known […]
PIVOT: 5 Keys to Thriving in Tough Times
“One common reason to pivot a business is difficulty generating sustainable revenue.” Little did Chuck Cohn realize when he wrote these words in a 2015 Forbes article how meaningful they would be five years later. 2020 has become an extremely difficult year for many businesses to generate let alone sustain revenue due to the COVID-19 […]
Persistence Pays Off
Everyone appreciates survival stories, and Tony Vaccaro’s life has been full of them. He endured time with an abusive relative after being orphaned at age five in Italy. Years later as an American GI, Vaccaro survived the Battle of Normandy in WWII, becoming a famous wartime photographer in the process. His most recent accomplishment is becoming […]
Reopening Your Business in a COVID-19 Environment
Corporate Families® across the United States and abroad are beginning to reopen for business and a frequently asked question is how to reconnect with clientele and encourage their “post-pandemic” patronage. After all, many customers are still concerned about COVID-19. Lots of others have been left unemployed or underemployed, so spending their limited resources will involve […]