Thoughts on Values

Leadership may need you to use soft skills to do hard things

Leadership may need you to use soft skills to do hard things

It’s a funny thing I notice about LinkedIn. Posts about vulnerability, authenticity and psychological safety get a lot of interaction. Which is great, as these are important, if nuanced, topics…
Being good isn’t enough

Being good isn’t enough

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” What is true of “men” in Edmund Burke’s famous quote is true of any…

The killing of ethnic minorities anywhere is the killing of oppressed people everywhere.

The killing of George Floyd is unconscionable not just for its brutality and inhumanity, but for its inevitability. Because in societies whose actions value the lives of some less than…
Leading in crisis (1) – Values

Leading in crisis (1) – Values

{Leading in crisis – Video 1 of 5, Values} There’s this great quote about Abraham Lincoln that I love. “If you wish to know what a man really is, give…

Cash or Values First?

Crises test our values. Often, the only solution we can see is between preserving our cash or preserving our values. Best solution BY FAR? Find a way for it not…

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