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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, [...]
Many of my clients are very committed to diversity in their organizations. But I have always been wary of diversity programs because “diversity” – a code word for reducing existing levels of prejudice – signifies that we have a “problem” and that we need to “fix” it. But surely the problem cannot be “fixed’ with [...]
The cover of the August 26th. issue of Business Week features Rainn Wilson, “who plays everybody’s favorite workplace irritant on TV’s The Office”. It trumpets the headline, “Trouble at the Office? Toxic Bosses. Work/Life Balance. Generational Tension” and goes on to portray the story as a “milestone at Business Week” because, presumably, the article is [...]
Rushworth Kidder, whose thoughts and writings are always insightful, has recently completed a small pilot survey of members of the Institute for Global Ethics, of which he is the executive Director. The question: What is the most threatening global issue facing humanity today? Is it terrorism, violence against women, CO2 emissions, governmental corruption, mass migration, [...]
Every now and then, a unique opportunity occurs and I want to tell you about one. There is a very special place, unlike any other in North America called Hollyhock. It is a not-for-profit retreat center located on Cortes, a small island off the west coast of British Columbia. The minute you step off the [...]