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Zen garden in black and white Reflections on the Zen Leader Program and Sesshin

Guest blog post by James Blachly. Editor’s note: James Blachly joined a Zen Leader program in February, 2013 and, inspired by that, came to the…

ladder made of shapes Leadership Advice: Why I Should Never Have Become President

Back in the 90’s, I joined a small company as a partner in the business. I was one of three. Our most senior partner and…

Brain making ideas Leadership Advice: What to do when you’re out of ideas

Nobody  really  runs out of ideas, but sometimes it sure feels that way. Especially those times when you desperately want something miraculous to happen… a…

Person with a lightbulb face Leadership Advice: Listen For the Future

  This may seem like an odd concept to the make-it-happen mindset of most leaders. It sure was for me. I took great pride and…

stone sphere in sand Leadership Advice: Simplification Changes Everything

  I’ve been on a mission the last few years to simplify my life. It actually began out of necessity a few years earlier as…

People laughing in black and white Leadership Advice: Why “Experiencing” is better than “Showing”

As leaders, we are often in teaching mode – communicating our vision, letting others learn from our experience, and correcting and adjusting our course to…

decisions Leadership Advice: When decisions offer no “good” outcomes.

We’ve all heard the phrase, “The lesser of two evils,” but sometimes leaders are faced with decisions where even the lesser of two evils is…

Blurred road sign Leadership development is not a straight path

Nothing seems to run in a straight line. We start something, move things forward and then the backslide begins. Whoever penned the phrase, “two steps…

people connected Leadership Advice On Building Connections

Has it ever seemed like the right person came into your life at exactly the right time? This has happened to me on many occasions.…