Despite the recent glimmers of hope, we have been drinking from the fire hose of dreadful economic news for what seems like an eternity. It started with those venerable financial institutions. Their unbridled greed led to hundreds of billions of tax...

Who of us cannot look back to a time when we were young children at bedtime. We would ask our parents that ubiquitous question- “can you tell me a story?” Ah, what lovely times they were. Storytelling has been around since the first people gathered and...

My father passed away several years ago and I was honored to be at his side when he left this world. But as moving as that moment was, it is not my most vivid memory of him. My father was a manual laborer in the steel industry and a lifelong union...

It is purely a matter of priority… and focus… and energy… and commitment. Which is why it is such a back-burner activity for most hyper busy leaders. After all, in a business world chock full of responsibilities, projects and activities, it can almost...

Being a business leader is not for the faint of heart. It can be a dog eat dog environment characterized by achievement, competition, politics and sometimes (unfortunately) treachery. I have seen more than a few careers that have been sabotaged...