The recent success of The Avengers has got me thinking about what elements we might use to help our writing get and keep our stakeholders engaged in our causes and, ultimately, our organizations. I will share what Stan Lee’s been doing to engage his readers and viewers for over 50…
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Happy Birthday, Pops
Today my father would have been 83. He lost sight in one eye in Korea. He never complained and never explained. He was a man who taught me the meaning of being a serving leader. He taught me so many life lessons I could fill blogs from here to eternity…
Continue Reading....What’s Your Lasting Leadership Legacy?
How do you make a difference in the world today? It seems like we’re always being challenged to become better leaders. But at a time where we can all impact the world in our own ways, why do we strive to be more like everyone else we know? I try…
Continue Reading....How to Take Your NonProfit Organization to the Next Level
I know your nonprofit faces changes from every direction in this economic environment. Are you facing some of these challenges? • Doing more with less money • Decreasing donations for increasing needs • Aging donor base • Next generation stakeholders who want a different relationship with nonprofits • Global competition…
Continue Reading....How to Help Your Children To Discuss Death and Dying
I’m writing this blog after the events at Chardon High School in Northern Ohio. I travel through several times per month and it’s not a place where you would expect teen violence to happen. But it did. My heart goes out to the victim’s families and their community. For many…
Continue Reading....I Know That You Are Lying
Ten years ago, someone attempted to drive a wedge between myself and a female friend. He confronted her and told her that I had said some negative things about her. She looked at him and while smiling said, ‘I know you are lying.’ He was shocked and inquired as to…
Continue Reading....The Two Choices We Face
Each of us has two distinct choices to make about what we will do with our lives. The first choice we can make is to be less than we have the capacity to be. To earn less. To have less. To read less and think less. To try less and…
Continue Reading....What’s Your Dream?
Yesterday we spent the day celebrating a great man, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He is certainly one of the most influential men in world history. He was a rare combination of visionary and implementer. How did Dr. King accomplish so much in his life? I believe there were three…
Continue Reading....Secrets of Successful Teams
To be a success is not always to be a success individually. In fact, most of the time we achieve our successes as part of a team. That is why I want to devote this issue to the secrets of successful team. We are all part of teams. Our family…
Continue Reading....Want to Get Involved?
As we get ready to go into a new year, I have a favor to ask. I’ve been asked to work on a project involving high school students across the country. My pilot program has over 400,000 high school students in it. As a former high school athlete and a…
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