Archive for the 'Courage' Category

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 [...]

Patrick Hughes – Inspiration

Monday, September 6th, 2010

† There is so much that can be learned – both from the light and from the dark.†In this wonderful video, Patrick Henry Hughes teaches us lessons about potential.† Watch the video – it speaks more directly than anything I might describe to you. †

Higher Ground Leadership(R) Certification

Sunday, August 22nd, 2010

Last week the Secretan Center made a little bit of history — we certified an inaugural team of Higher Ground Leadership(R) practitioners from across North America using the new material from my latest book, The Spark, the Flame, and the Torch. We lived together for three days surrounded by beautiful art and gorgeous scenery, learned, laughed [...]

Leadership in Education

Sunday, April 4th, 2010

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 [...]

Life Lessons from Shirley

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

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, [...]