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The recent precautions and restrictions intended to “flatten the curve” of COVID-19 impacts are presenting each of us new opportunities to demonstrate leader...

Very few know this, but I have a clone. His name is Wednesday-morning Paul (W-MP). We appear identical in every way and if you were to meet him, you likely w...

"Apologies are the Brussels sprouts of relationships" - says author Sharon Begley. Good for us, but often passed over. If apologies are good for us, why can...

Behavioral and psychological research has shown some surprising life improvements that can arise from the practice of gratitude. To practice giving thanks no...

This time of year, my tv channels are filled with scary movies, my neighbors decorate their yards with goulish images and the dark skies, mist and fogs make ...

Futurist Bob Johansen, in his book Leaders Make the Future, made this unsettling statement: "In my 40 years of forecasting futures, the direst forecasts yet ...

Most of us have experienced tossing an object into a still body of water and watching it create a series of sustained ripples extending far beyond the point ...

Choosing Greatness May Action Learning Blog

An Empowered Culture Is your culture creating dependency or partnership?

One of the challenges in development is the “fits” and “starts” nature of it. We can experience powerful awareness, realize new insights and state a clear co...

What are the best excuses and stories you have heard lately? Have you caught yourself in mechanism- stories, excuses, blame, diminishing the importance of so...