Archive for the 'Authenticity' Category

The Power of Your Past

Tuesday, April 12th, 2011

All my friends seem to be launching new books at the same time!†John P. Schuster launches his†timely and profound new book called The Power of Your Past: The Art of Recalling, Reclaiming, and Recasting on April 13th. In this new work, John systematically demonstrates that our pasts are our greatest and most accessible resource for [...]

Reinventing the Performance Review Process

Monday, March 14th, 2011

I have argued for years that Performance Appraisals†are at best a subjective and intimidating process, and at worst a demoralizing drain on profits and productivity. This is often considered heresy by some OD and HR professionals. So, to underline the validity of my claim, when I deliver a keynote speech, I†sometimes prove my point by [...]

The MAP: Finding the Magic and Meaning in the Story of Your Life

Monday, January 24th, 2011

I have known Colette Baron Reid for more than 20 years and in that time I have seen her grow into a formidable leader in the human potential movement.† She has an amazing gift of perception and she is an outstanding coach. Today, she launches her new book The MAP: Finding the Magic and Meaning [...]

The Lesson from WikiLeaks

Tuesday, November 30th, 2010

Clearly, spilling the beans of the nation’s top secrets is not cool. On the other hand, perhaps it is time for us to catch up to the Internet age.† Here is the new reality:† There are NO secrets anymore. See the Huffington Post. If you lie on your resume, you will be exposed.† If you [...]

Customer-friendly-Not!

Wednesday, October 13th, 2010

Speaking with a senior leader of a wireless company today, I asked, “Why are you in a commodity industry that is one of the most reviled business sectors?” Confusing bills, bill shock, incomprehensible and restrictive contracts and pricing systems, termination fees, brutal competition that ignores customer needs, and all this adding up to absurdly huge [...]