When I took my first job after college at Restore NYC, I was surprised to see that something happened on a semi-regular basis in our office; tears.
Read More“Can you give us $150 million dollars?”
Before we’d even exchanged business cards, this was the question from a young CFO of a hot pre-IPO tech company.
“Me personally?" I deadpanned. "No.”
“My company? Maybe.”
Read MoreJuly was a month of self-discovery and new experiences.
It was the first summer my kids were away while I stayed behind in NYC. I made a conscious decision to not feel anxious or sad. Instead, I was to focus on myself and spend July working on becoming…
…a better dancer.
Read MoreOn a run this past weekend, I turn the corner and see an old chocolate Labrador plodding its way down the street. It has a pronounced limp, it is moving slowly, it looks like maybe the walk is too much for it. It seems like it is suffering.
As I come up alongside the dog, I see something different.
Read MoreAs a member of the Community For Change it has become a regular practice for me to reflect on my own experiences in the realm of change, to better understand what I’m doing and learn from it. So, a couple of weeks ago when I was witnessing a meeting of a company with their top managers, the COO opened his talk with the question: “who of you knows what our mission statement is?” Nobody was able to reproduce the words the organization had so delicately formulated. The atmosphere in the room changed immediately: everyone felt they had failed and that they were doing a terrible job in making the company even more successful.
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