Help Wanted: A Politician We Can Trust

The gap between “In God We Trust” and "In politician we trust" is wide enough to drive (and lose) our future through.

I recently attended the William O. Douglas Awards presented at the Public Counsel Dinner in Los Angeles.  The marquee honoree was Hillary Clinton.  She deftly dodged the question of being a Presidential candidate for 2016, but gave a terrific presentation sharing a number of memorable stories.

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"You can do better"

How often have you heard the assessment from a parent, boss, manager or coach, “You can do better?”

And how often have you interpreted that to mean, “You’re not good enough,” “You’re crap,” “This is not good enough,” “This is crap,” etc.?

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Do you know any Askholes?

Seek Excellence and Share It - Be a "Miracle" Worker

People are often more impressed with excellence than what you are excellent at.

Even if you're not a basketball fan, you can be impressed by LeBron James or Kevin Durant. Even if you weren't a fan of Steve Jobs or of technology, you could be impressed with his visionary abilities.

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The Specialist's Dilemma and Solution

Many of you are probably familiar with the "specialist's dilemma."  If not, it will quickly become intuitively apparent what that means.  It occurs when the more specialized you are and the more you speak in the jargon of that specialty that is comfortable to you but confounding to others, the more others will nod from the neck up (because it's often difficult for people who are prideful to admit they don't understand you), but then not fully “buy in” when you need their cooperation.  That is because they have to fully trust and have confidence in you, when they don’t have trust or confidence in their understanding of what exactly you do.

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Mike Heisley (1937-2014) - A Personal Remembrance

Former Memphis Grizzlies owner and Chicago based billionaire Michael Heisley died on Saturday, April 26 of complications from a stroke he suffered about a year ago.

Much has been said about Mike. I would like to share a personal remembrance.

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Positive Collaborative Transformation

How Well Do Your People Collaborate?

Conflicted Silos ------------- Collaborative Synergy

(Where is your company?)

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What's It Like to Feel Schizophrenic?

Watch as Mark's shares a nightmare he had about being a homeless schizophrenic to get the brief glimpse he had... and then say, "Hello in There."

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