October 31, 2022

I recently moderated a conversation with Richmond-based entrepreneur BK Fulton – a…

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October 24, 2022

I enjoy the suspense around Nobel Prizes; however, I am a fiend…

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October 17, 2022

Despite steady improvements in auto safety features and declines in drunk driving,…

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October 3, 2022

Sitting in my Georgetown hairdresser’s salon ten years ago, I heard the…

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September 26, 2022

A colleague who was being considered for a newly-vacant COO job repeated…

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September 19, 2022

Summer hiatus brought tourist travel to Ireland, a 40-mile walk, service, and…

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May 23, 2022

Dr. Garret Westlake of VCU’s da Vinci Center for Innovation offers an…

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May 16, 2022

As a fan of Alan Alda through the hit TV shows M*A*S*H…

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May 9, 2022

I’ve always been so proud of my twin who spent his working…

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May 2, 2022

It’s not unusual for me to drop the old idioms “sounds like…

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April 25, 2022

My cousin from Michigan visited recently. She grew up in Richmond and…

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April 18, 2022

“What’s next” is a pressing topic for individuals in the last third…

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April 11, 2022

Leadership is a keyword/hashtag/training objective/career goal, and/or universal search optimization term. And…

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April 4, 2022

Erik Weihenmayer – extreme outdoor adventurer who went blind at age 14…

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March 28, 2022

The lingering effects of the last two years – challenges with children,…

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March 21, 2022

Each year, I gather with my fellow coaches for a planning session…

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March 14, 2022

During a recent interview, a public school superintendent was asked about the…

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March 7, 2022

Recently, CEO clients have been asking for referrals to very specialized consultants…

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February 28, 2022

Dr. Garret Westlake, master of innovation at Virginia Commonwealth University’s da Vinci…

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February 21, 2022

During our February Encorepreneur breakfast, Dr. Garret Westlake (master of innovation at…

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September 12, 2014

Ebola: Truth or Consequences

When Ebola broke into headline news several weeks ago, I was eerily…

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August 27, 2014

Candor on the PGA Tour

“You might as well praise a man for not robbing a bank…

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August 18, 2014

Robin Williams – A Genuine Soul

Following the sudden death of Robin Williams, I, among many, find myself…

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July 29, 2014

The Art of the Apology

My dictionary shows the first definition of apology as: a statement of…

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July 14, 2014

How Over-Apologizing Undermines Us

Fast Company published an article recently titled “Sorry, Not Sorry – Why…

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June 29, 2014

“Just Say No” Is Not Enough

I recently came across a blog by Glennon Doyle Melton (author of…

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June 15, 2014

Take the Challenge: 48 Hours of No Little White Lies

Simon Sinek, whom I admire, wrote a piece for Askmen.com. His message…

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May 29, 2014

Conference Room or “Echo Chamber”?

At the Gazelles FORTUNE Leadership Summit this May, I heard Margaret Heffernan…