Gary felt like giving up. His idea to create an online agency to harness the wisdom and experience of recent retirees had failed to raise any of the capital he needed to pay the coders and designers and the marketing. He felt frustrated and angry with the situation. The thoughts that kept spinning around his […]
It’s wonderful when leaders are willing to ask questions – provided they are open-ended respectful questions that encourage, inspire and support. It’s even better when they truly listen to the answers. But what if the questions aren’t open ended or respectful? What if they are the kind of questions that Warren Berger wrote about in […]
I listened to the CEO address his senior managers at their annual conference. He painted a picture of new growth and opportunity, sharing his vision for the coming year and how it aligned with the bigger and longer term vision. I watched his managers pay genuine attention to the oration. It was indeed inspiring. The […]
