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In my work with nonprofit boards I have seen several disorders which I would like to point out to you in the hope of someday finding a cure. Committee-itis—this manifests itself when a board has WAY too many committees. So many committees in fact, it may not remember what the committees were formed for in […]

Milton Hershey and Forrest Mars were different types of leaders who both built successful companies. We can learn much from them: 1.) There’s no one way to lead. Milton was a dreamer; he wanted to build a worker’s utopia. His people loved him. He ran his business with his heart. Mars was a tyrant with […]

We’ve all done it – made the same mistake more than once. Maybe it’s the mistake of falling for the same type of person (who’s bad for you) over and over or maybe it’s failing to lose weight over and over or failing to close sale after sale. Here’s a process to help you stop […]

When Denise Ryan tells people she’s a motivational speaker, one of the first thing they will say is “Oh yeah? Well, motivate me.” The truth is motivational speakers don’t motivate you – you motivate yourself. Motivation comes from within. However, we all lose the fire from time to time and need a boost. That’s where […]

America is the land of the free and the home of the brave – or so we like to say. But just how free and how brave are you? In his play Secret of Freedom, Archibald MacLeish writes, “The secret of happiness is freedom and the secret of freedom – courage.” It requires great bravery […]