Empowering Leadership and Music Articles
Each article uses our empower framework that we also use for our leadership coaching services.
Fun execution…
With many not flying, it is fun to reminisce a bit about a different era of flying, when it was a little less uptight and a lot more Fun. If you are under 40 you probably never...
The wonder of Fun…
I have traveled to the Silicon Valley area that is now so revered since early in the '80s at the start of my career. When I first went out, there were still lots of cherry trees...
Fun observations…
This little card from Intel was roiling large portions of IBM, which I had Fun observing. This nearly 100-year-old company had been able to dance through multiple changes...
partners for Fun…
I know I was gone for 250 of the 300 days available in 18 months for this season… New York’s taxes are SO horrendous AND they only tax you when you are “in the state” that you...
Fun management…
Fun is important... These stories will exceed your realism meter... as in "there is no way THAT is true". Yes, they are... and I will not exaggerate - they don't need it. It...
engaging with Fun…
Where does Fun begin?We were into our second week of touring Europe with the kids. I realized that with Amie 12, the “family” would be in a different place within 6 years. We...
The Opportunity to renew…
I have written about being fired before, and I have used that story with a number of others who now I can honestly say, "I know how you feel". It is not fun, and yet... like...
executing Opportunities…
I was fortunate that there was another tech company literally across the street that needed a VP of Engineering. I interviewed with the leadership team and found it was...
wonder what Opportunity is?
After a couple of years, the work at Merant was into a "good" rhythm. I was enjoying meeting with customers and trying to figure out how to develop Product Roadmaps that would...
observing Opportunity…
The company I joined was headquartered in Maryland, but I led teams from an acquisition located in Beaverton Oregon, which in turn had bought a company in the UK. Being in DC was...
The Opportunity to partner…
At a Women In Technology meeting a few years ago, a young woman said "How did you construct such a perfect career plan for all of these experiences?" Well... if you read these...
management Opportunity…
It was another meeting, another group of people, and by knowing the list, I didn't even need to know the topic. I could tell you who would say what, what would not be decided,...
Opportunity to engage…
Some of my first memories are musical - playing records at 78 because the would go faster 😉 And of course, the College Kids dancing and having fun while music was playing set...
renew your Guts…
The structure of these postings causes me to bounce around a lot. To be frank I don't need an excuse to bounce around - that is a core competency so maybe I should replace renew...
execute your Guts out..
Two of my kids worked in my organization - not directly in my chain, but in an adjacent piece that did Operations for the code that my team wrote. Ops and Engineering...
Guts to wonder…
I come from a long line of tinkerers. Both my grandfathers had no money through the Depression and World War II, so they had to reuse/repair everything. That was passed along...
Do you have the Guts to observe?
It was another Lock-In for our Church Youth Group. A time tested recipe for lack of sleep, lots of hormones, and hopefully some memories that will last. This particular one I...
What Guts do your partners have?
When you would walk into a Debate Round, you would put your name on the ChalkBoard - your number, and then your names, so the Judge would know who you were. You would get scored...
… the Guts to manage…
We were losing the game. It was the final of the All-Star Tournament, and as such it was a blend of players from multiple teams. It was the age (U-16) when individual stars...
engaging with guts…
I had already planned to get back to harder rock this week - I fake the love of the others music but hard rock is my first love. Following Feet was going to Guts - as in: "You...