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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January 14, 2013

The Competitive Advantage of Saying “I’m Sorry”

Imagine for a moment that your good friend calls you while you…

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December 12, 2012

Photographer Platon – Candor with Anthony Hopkins

Platon has photographed over 120 heads of state for Rolling Stone, The…

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December 4, 2012

Brutally Honest… or Just Honest?

Have you asked yourself one of these questions about using candor in…

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November 2, 2012

Super Storm Sandy – Will candid Kenneth Feinberg be needed?

BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.  The September 11th terror…

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October 23, 2012

Misleading Statements Hurt Charities

What do the American Diabetes Association, the American Cancer Society, and the…

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October 11, 2012

Candor in the Doctor’s Office

A fall off a ladder, one dislocated elbow and a fractured radius…

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September 17, 2012

No-Spin Zone and Usher’s New Look Foundation

The “no-spin zone.” At first, it sounded like a football term to…

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September 7, 2012

The Pat Tillman Cover-Up and Collateral Damage

“It is almost always the cover-up rather than the event that causes…