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Why mission should matter to leaders
17 May 2012 1:55 PM | No CommentsDuring my lifetime as a person with a disability it often seems that we are the “canaries in the coal mines,” buffeted by health care, legislative and public policy changes on the state and national level. Organizations like Courage Center help even out the rough...
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High Performance “Festivus”
14 May 2012 7:04 AM | No CommentsAbout a month ago, I attended a four-day “High Performance Leadership and Team Intensive” designed and lead by members of the human performance consulting firm, Performance Unlimited. I have attended too many leadership development workshops, seminars and classes to count and I enjoy learning new...
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Who’s in Your Circle?
08 May 2012 7:14 PM | No CommentsLet’s say you work for a small nonprofit in Minnesota. Let’s also say you focus on environmental and sustainability issues. When you’re looking to expand your network and brush up on skills, sometimes it’s good to be surrounded by other nonprofit folks doing similar work,...
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Does MN still have the tools to think?
Posted on March 30, 2011 | No CommentsColumnist David Brooks is coming to town tomorrow. He is, no doubt, on a junket to sell his latest book—The Social Animal. I am leery of Mr. Brooks’ latest insight into human nature. It was just a few short years ago that he was decidedly... -
The National Bitter Melon Council
Posted on February 28, 2011 | No CommentsLast Friday a member of the National Bitter Melon Council presented to a small group of community builders in Lower Town St. Paul. Founded on the principles of Community, Commodity, Cultivation and Creativity. The National Bitter Melon Council is an art-making, community building and vegetable... -
Fear vs Compassion
Posted on January 23, 2011 | No CommentsAre we so far apart on racial issues that we are truly unable to connect? -
Conflict Resolution
Posted on December 20, 2010 | No Commentsthe average manager spends between 30-50% of their time grappling with the fallout of mistrust and lack of cohesiveness. In a recent Gallup poll, nearly 70% of employees report they are disengaged from work. -
Insights to the Brain on Change Management
Posted on November 15, 2010 | 1 CommentReturning home light from Vegas with a three-day conference haze blocking my cognition of a majority of the workshop sessions, the in-flight airline publication jarred me back into reality and put the conference material on change leadership into perspective. The piece that caught my attention... -
In Honor of Trolley Problem Philosopher Philippa Foot
Posted on October 11, 2010 | No CommentsRenowned writer on ethical thought, Philippa Foot passed away earlier this month. Her collected essays in “Virtues and Vices and Other Essays in Moral Philosophy” (1978) and “Moral Dilemmas: And Other Topics in Moral Philosophy” (2002) dealt with reason and morals, or vice, as natural... -
Labor Day
Posted on September 6, 2010 | 1 Commentin the trade of work for pay fair is seldom equal -
Let’s Talk About Race
Posted on August 2, 2010 | 2 CommentsI was recently at a networking lunch and fortunate enough to sit at the fun table. Some of the “cool kids” at my table included a former journalist turned PR spin master, a hip VP for a tech services company wearing a J. D. Salinger... -
Focus Your Efforts on Plan “A”
Posted on June 28, 2010 | 1 CommentAfter spending the last seven or eight months refining a strategic plan, involving an outside consulting firm, staff leadership, board members and community volunteers, the planning team was asked “what is your plan B if this doesn’t work?” Having worked on several such plans in... -
Who is in charge of this mess? Oil for all.
Posted on May 19, 2010 | 2 CommentsWith every failed attempt to literally “stem the tide” transporting the massive oil spill my thoughts grow darker and darker. It seems the price we are paying for oil (both collectively as a society as well as individually) is creeping steadily upward.
