Dear readers, I'm going to address a potentially sensitive topic today. Christmas is almost upon us, and based on this year's calendar, this evening represents the lighting of the 3rd Hanukkah Candle (if my information is accurate). Aside from that, there is no other major religious observation occuring among the world's major religions. In regard [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Keeping a Balanced Perspective
With all of the carnage in the financial markets, combined with the non-stop reports of doom in the media, it takes something these days to maintain a balanced perspective. Hence this blog entry. For me, the past few months have certainly had their ups and downs, and my perspective has taken a beating from [...]
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Crossing Language and Cultural Barriers: Attitude makes all the difference
Earlier this week I was in Santiago, Chile, working with a client who had brought in his leadership team from all over South America. The engagement lasted two days, and it was a great success, even though we conducted the work in Spanish, which was a challenge for me. Although my conversational Spanish is strong, [...]
Monday, December 1, 2008
Looking back and looking forward
December 1st, already. It truly is amazing how quickly a year can pass. This is the time of year when many of us begin to look back, and look forward. And, if it isn't, I recommend you take some time to do so. Why? Good question. The reason I do it is to review [...]
