I couldn’t think of anything to add to the following wellness recipe

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Life is like pasta. No matter what you put together, it’s usually good

. But with information about the shape of the pasta (what makes it unique) and how to select a sauce that fits, a pasta dish can move from good to great. Here’s a quick pasta lesson: Pasta is a “carrier” – the shape of the pasta is mainly used to appreciate and celebrate...

Following are results a recent U.K. study by the Chartered Institute for

It’s the neutrally engaged that are most interesting. 72% of them say they are treated fairly by their boss, 22% of them are actively job hunting.  The definition of “neutrally engaged”  is doing their job well enough to get by, but not bringing extra effort, creativity, or personal interest to their roles.  To the neutrally engaged it’s...

At a recent workshop, Patrick Connor was teaching us how to use visual

memory keys to remember important items. First, he asked the group to imagine a progressive set of images. Subsequent testing revealed that all the participants found them surprisingly easy to recall. Next, he asked the group to juxtapose ten important interpersonal skill messages...

Our economy is no longer in recession  but recovery is painfully slow

.  The good news is that you survived—and no doubt,  you learned from the experience.  Wisdom comes from experience, and meaningful experience usually comes from making mistakes.  Life in the post-industrial era (what futurist David Houle calls the shift-age) is moving so...

We have evolved into what futurist David Houle calls the “Shift Age”.  

I recently talked with Bob Riddell who heads up the business consulting division of Tribridge: a successful IT services firm (2012 Microsoft Dynamics Worldwide Partner of the Year) headquartered in Tampa, FL.  No doubt, they will continue their winning ways, but the Tribridge leadership team has charged Bob with expanding their heritage of selling...

28% of CEOs say current economic conditions have improved compared to

It isn’t the just big manufacturers, oil companies and railroad operators that are struggling to hire skilled workers.  The latest WSJ/Vistage small-business CEO survey indicates unfilled job openings are holding back business growth. WSJ’s Emily Maltby stops by Mean Street to explain. Photo: Reuters.  The “Help Wanted” sign...

The late Stephen Covey left us a significant legacy–namely his best

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Unbeknownst to most of us, we walk around in an altered state almost all

We perform our act to get people to believe us; or trust us, or follow us, or respect us, etc. without them or us  realizing what our hidden agenda is about. To make it work, we bring to bear all the skills, characteristics and qualities we have developed over the years and put them in the service of our default purpose. For 99% of the world’s population...

The difference between ’changing’ and ’transforming’ is that change

Transformationt more closely resembles the true meaning of education: from its Latin root e-ducare, to draw out…as in drawing water from a well. Think of the transformation described herein  as drawing new water out of your old well by going deeper than you have ever dipped before. The way to get a bucket deeper into your well is by addressing powerful...