In a dead heat… who’s the loser?

September 28, 2015 Cut the baby in half. That seems an unreasonable directive… if you don’t know the whole story. It was about 3000 years ago – a few election cycles in the past – when the new king of Israel was in his freshman year. Solomon was the come-from-behind winner of the Game of …

How Bad Can It Get?

September 21, 2015 Things are getting really, really bad. You knew that, already; anyone who is not comatose – and, can get their eyes off their smart phone/video game for a few minutes of perspective – would reach the same conclusion. But, no; it’s worse: That same headline could be posted over almost every category …

Caution: you might be a poser…

September 14, 2015 There aren’t many leaders… but there are lots of posers. Vision. Strategy. Assignments. If you’ve been around me in the context of The Master’s Program, you’ve had that trilogy drilled into your thinking. If not, you are rightly curious. What’s up with that? I’ve declared those three elements as key indicators of …

Learn to Trust Your Gut

September 7, 2015 Welcome back…. or, shame on you! You’re either reading this on Tuesday – after making Labor Day a real holiday – or, you’re cheating yourself and your family by checking your e-mail while pretending to relax, on Monday! Either way, welcome back to the “new year,” which really begins the day-after-Labor-Day!Β Β  As …