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Appreciating the Fragile Beauty of the Mundane

April 26th, 2010 Lisa McLeod 3 comments

My neighbors just lost their 17-year-old daughter to cancer.
She was diagnosed 13 months ago. Up until three weeks ago, she was responding well to the treatment, and everyone thought she was going to get better. Then a scan revealed that the cancer had returned with a vengeance, and 14 days read more...

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Undercover Boss Reveals More About the Boss than the Workers

April 19th, 2010 Lisa McLeod 2 comments

What do employees say and do when their boss isn’t watching?
Organizations say they want to know what goes on behind the scenes.  But more often than not, senior leaders, particularly those at the top of the corporate food chain, don’t spend enough time in the trenches to get an unfiltered perspective read more...

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The Mancession: The Numbers Reveal A New Normal

April 12th, 2010 Lisa McLeod No comments

It’s 3:30 on a Thursday afternoon, and instead of a gaggle of mothers waiting outside the elementary school to walk the kiddies home, there’s a herd of dads in Bermuda shorts who look a little embarrassed to be there.
It’s being called the Mancession. Men have lost three out of four read more...

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How To Get What You Want Without Alienating Others

April 6th, 2010 Lisa McLeod 1 comment

“At a certain point it gets to be about me, right?”
He was a seasoned professional who’d been in business for years, and when he asked me this question near the end of a workshop I was giving, I knew that he was struggling.
In his way of thinking, conversations and interactions were read more...

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