Last night I spent some time at my son Brian's home with his roommates and some of their family. It was my first time meeting the others except for Brian's dog Jaina. His roommates have a white pit bull named Roxy similar to the one shown here. I've never been around pit bulls before. My …
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Leap Year Lesson #321: Be a Multiplier, Not a Diminisher
Yesterday I finished reading the book Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter by Liz Wiseman. The book discusses leadership styles and practices along the continuum of being a multiplier versus a diminisher. In short, multipliers are "genius makers and bring out the intelligence in others. They build collective, viral intelligence in organizations," whereas …
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Leap Year Lesson #314: Be a Safe Place for Others
You've probably seen one of the yellow and black diamond "Safe Place" signs on businesses and other locations. The one shown here is their latest logo. It is the symbol for National Safe Place - a youth outreach organization that educates youth about threatening situations and seeks to provide safe shelters for youth in crisis. …
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Leap Year Lesson #311: Learn To Laugh At Yourself
I made a complete fool of myself earlier today. It is not the first time and I'm sure it won't be the last. On Wednesday this week, my team attended an all-day crisis preparedness planning session. One of the early conversations was around an actual recent consumer post on one of our Facebook pages. The …
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Leap Year Lesson #310: Don’t Expect Those With Different Values To Be Or Act Like You
I suspect that many of us prefer to live in a world where the majority of others agrees with us on significant matters. Unless you're unusually driven by conflict and controversy, you have a strong affinity for those who are a lot like you. That's understandable. It's a fact of basic human nature even if …
