The father of modern philosophy, René Descartes , said “I think therefore I am”. He was half right. The best thinkers and leaders, employ a few other powerful tools: Intuition and Emotions. Fifteen years ago, I took a new job with a firm, which I was extremely excited...
Karen is a very smart and capable leader, running her own substantial business and recently started Chairing a non-profit organization that she has only been involved with for a few years. She ascended to Chair quickly because of her hands-on approach. While she loves...
Sometimes we are stuck on the rails of life. Just putting one foot in front of the other and feel like we are getting things done. And we are. But, are we stepping back critically and looking at where we intend on going? An important part of thinking critically, is to...
Critical thinking is defined many ways, but primarily includes a host of internal perspectives. I see it as a thoughtful analysis of vision, knowledge, experience, emotions and intuition. It also includes thinking on matters with others through sharing your...
One night last year, I was attending our local Palace Theatre fund raising event. My wife’s office was just across the street from the event, so we agreed that she would join me at the fundraiser. When she arrived, it was 6:00 PM. I was having a glass of wine and...
We all know the feeling. We’re looking in our schedule to see that we have to go to another “networking rubber chicken dinner” and feel the life sucked out of us. Then, we start to calculate something more important that we should be doing. But deep down, we know in...
Regardless of what role you’re playing, odds are that if you’re successful, it is in part because of your relationship building abilities. This includes both being able to nurture great cooperative relationships and to find them in the first place. I challenge you to...
The third New Hampshire Leadership Advantage event that Sojourn Partners hosted brought out some impressive, thoughtful, and common-sense leaders. I was prepared be inspired, but not expecting to leave so grounded in a subject that sometimes is presented as too...
I have studied Emotional Intelligence (EI), practice it whenever I can and can lecture on it for hours. There are people more expert than I on the subject, but you could say I am a fairly good practitioner. Or can you? Even with some awareness of how to be Emotionally...
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