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Last week the Secretan Center made a little bit of history — we certified an inaugural team of Higher Ground Leadership practitioners from across North America using the new material from my latest book, The Spark, the Flame, and the Torch. We lived together for 2 1/2 days surrounded by beautiful art and gorgeous scenery, learned, [...]
I have long been fascinated by the workings of our education systems. Often, the work I do with senior leaders requires moving through some dysfunctional behaviors to bring about functional, high-performance practices. I often wonder, “Where did these people learn that being dysfunctional will achieve their aims”? And I am forced to conclude that they learned [...]
Part of my volunteer responsibilities as a Copper Mountain Ambassador is to take visitors who are unfamiliar with the area on a mountain tour. This week I took Shirley Ziebarth touring. She made it clear to me that she only wanted to ski advanced terrain. No beginner or intermediate stuff for her! As we began, [...]
The world is in a funk. The news is depressing. Fear grips many. Sales of anti-depressants are up. As I walk out of my door this afternoon to go skiing in the fresh powder that has graced the Rockies, I drop my skis onto the ground and begin to step into the bindings. The lift [...]
Years ago, I ran a private company. Our major competitors were publicly traded organizations who ran their businesses to meet the expectations of Wall Street analysts and shareholders. We, on the other hand, enjoyed the freedom of privacy which enabled us to make decisions based purely on our own criteria rather than the demands of [...]