When was the last time you laughed? I mean really laughed? I thought long and hard about this recently and realized that it had been over three months. Serious. That is crazy. You see, I grew up with a comedic mind – constantly coming up with funny incidents. I am a laugher...

When you hear ‘bottom line,’ you most often think of financial statements. That is true when you think of the bottom line as the net income after all cost of goods sold, SG&A, operating expenses, etc. Some might look at EBITDA or net profit or some other formula they have created over the years. Yet, there...

I’ve been struck lately with how important it is to lead with emotional intelligence. There are many things that may pull us away from leaning on our EI: deadlines, profit pressure, urgency, ambition and self-preservation are just a few. Sometimes simply being too busy can blind us to the emotional aspects of our surroundings. Over...

Prior to the turn of the last century, workers within an organization were managed as “job-centric” employees. Meaning, they were given a job and expected to do that job each and every day. There were not a lot of measurements in place, and therefore most workers were hired for their brawn more than their brains....

During intermission of the Metropolitan Opera’s April 28th performance of Carmen, Margaret Juntwait interviewed composer Marvin Hamlisch (most famous for his Broadway classic, A Chorus Line). Hamlisch commented that in Acts I & II of the opera that night, the conductor and orchestra had truly found the RIGHT tempo. He went on to explain the...