Success is a Decision and a Running Buddy Can Make it Happen

Recently, my nine-year old daughter ran a 5K race – in the freezing cold rain along a course that was soaked and muddy.   Three months earlier, she decided to join a program called Girls on the Run, designed to encourage young girls to develop self-respect and healthy lifestyles through running.    She needed a running buddy…

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What Makes for a Good Year? How Wine Corks Led Me to Thoughts on Strategic Capabilities.

On New Year’s Day I finally I put together a wine corkboard kit that I had received as a gift over ten years ago. This kit, along with a bag of wine corks that I had collected over the years, was up on top of a bookshelf in my office gathering dust. For each of…

How to Determine if a Potential Employer’s Values Match Yours?

A recent question from an executive in transition: How do I determine if a potential employer’s values match mine? Determining a values match is critical to finding the right fit for you in your career. If you are in an organization whose values are not aligned with yours, you will find it to be an…