Can parenting books help you become a better leader? In her WSJ article, Alexandra Samuel shares five things she learned reading parenting books that helped her leadership skills. My favorite three are: 1) Before business, make the [personal] connection; 2) Identify hidden workplace stressors; and 3) Don’t fire difficulty employees—work with them. In Covenant Leadership, […]
From our earlier episodes, we know that happiness in life comes from good, high-trust, covenant relationships. To develop good relationships, practice the three Covenant Virtues: Seek wisdom, practice love, and get results. The more people trust your wisdom, that you love them and that you can get results, the better your relationships and the stronger […]
We’ve all read dozens of articles giving us eight things we can do to be a better leader or parent or person. Most of them seem like good tips. By the time I read three or four articles, I have a list of 25-30 things I am supposed to do to be a better leader. […]
HAPPINESS AND RELATIONSHIP We’ve got an 80-year Harvard study that says happiness comes from good relationships. There’s a good reason for that. As human beings, we are biologically wired for relationship. Relationship is a fundamental part of our human nature and DNA. Having good relationships fulfills our human nature. That’s why good relationships bring happiness. […]
The WSJ has a must-read article by Jonathan Eig called The Family Delights of Silly Poop Songs with some fantastic applications for your success as a leader at work, as a parent-leader at home, and as a person in life. Eig tells the story of giving his 10 year old daughter control of the music […]
Wisdom and Relationships In our last blog, we talked about the basics of the Wisdom Paradigm. The better you understand the Wisdom Paradigm, the happier and more successful you’re going to be in life. Let’s review some of the anchor points from our last session. In the Wisdom Paradigm, culture and times may change, but […]
Airplane Crashes and Reference Points Almost exactly 20 years ago, on July 16, 1999, John F. Kennedy Jr. and his wife Carolyn died in an airplane crash off the coast of Massachusetts. The famous son of President John F Kennedy was headed to Martha’s Vineyard for a wedding. A safety investigation determined that Kennedy flew […]
Life moves quickly. Work. School. Kids. Travel ball teams. Friends. Social media. Keeping up with pop culture and the latest Netflix series. You’ve got to have the right job that combines social consciousness and financial reward. All while saving the environment and being politically conscious and staying in great shape and finding time for yoga […]
The college admissions cheating scandal is filling the news lately. I led a college prep high school for 14 years and put three daughters through college myself, so I’ve got some experience in that admissions game. Yes, the college admissions scandal is about cheating. Yes, the college admissions scandal is about wealthy people having a […]
Last week a writer from the millennial generation, Anne Helen Petersen, published an essay, “How Millennials Became The Burnout Generation”. My millennial daughter recommended it to me. She said Petersen’s article captured the way she and many in her age group feel about life. Petersen’s article is a good read that captures the real pain—the […]
It is so easy to get caught up in the busy-ness of life and find the weeks, months and even years flying buy. We are chasing so many immediate things in life—getting the best job, getting our kids into the right schools and on the right sports teams, living in the right neighborhoods and driving […]