Archive for March, 2009

Road Signs For Success

By Kay Caldwell The study of human behavior is something I have built a career around. People are fascinating to watch. We are all leaders. We are leaders of our own lives, families, friends and jobs. You set an example whether you want the role or not. I worked for a vice president at Southwest Airlines once that relayed to me, as leaders we are in a fishbowl and everyone can see everything we do and we are judged for it. I hate to admit it but she is correct. I have seen a few careers ended over gossip and… Read More

March 25th, 2009 at 5:49pm

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Road Signs For Success

By Sondra Whitt In the movie, What Women Want, Mel Gibson is Nick, an advertising executive and macho chauvinist who thinks he’s God’s gift to women — totally clueless that they actually think he’s a narcissistic jerk. He treats the women he supervises as mindless objects there to do his bidding, even if that’s running personal errands. For example he has Annie, his assistant who has an MBA from Harvard, pick up his dry cleaning. And he isn’t even aware of Erin, a depressed, young file clerk, who feels like she’s invisible to everyone around her and like nothing she… Read More

March 19th, 2009 at 11:05am

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Road Signs For Success

By Gerald Daniels It never fails that after a speaking engagement, or during one-on-one conversation with people who know my story that three inevitable questions will arise. The first one is usually, “What do I have to do to change?”  The second one is, “Where do I get started?” The third question is my favorite, and it is, “When can I get started?” You can see the pattern — what, where, and when. I can answer any of these questions for most people with appropriate and accurate answers. Yet the advice we often give others on how to make changes… Read More

March 11th, 2009 at 8:36pm

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Road Signs For Success

By Paula Lau “I don’t know!” I snapped at one of my sons. For what seemed like the one hundredth time, he was asking me a question about his Lenten fast. Last year for Lent our entire family had given up the same thing. This made Lent fairly straight-forward and we all helped one another along in our endeavor. For those of you who may not know, Lent is a season of time within the Christian Church before Easter in which Christians may choose to give up something to keep in mind our Lord’s sacrifice. Last year we had all… Read More

March 4th, 2009 at 10:09am

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