Friendships are vital to health and happiness. Having friends can help reduce stress and contribute to health and well being. Without close friends, we battle loneliness and feel disconnected from the past. We often pine for the sense of connectedness we had as kids. Given the excessive demands of work and family, we often have a challenging time cultivating friendships. Lots of things get in the way of maintaining friendships, especially the competitive nature of our society. But we …
Recently Tom Meloche launched his latest book, Ceremony—A Profound New Method to Achieve Successful and Sustainable Change at Leaders Connect in Ann Arbor, MI. Tom was a co-founder of a local business that many of you have probably heard of, Menlo Innovations. It is a company featured in the book, Joy, Inc.: How We Built a Workplace People Love, by Richard Sheridan. I asked Tom to share a few quick thoughts and tips from that book with you today. I …
As a father and as a psychologist who’s worked with fathers for over 40 years, here’s some advice for fathers: Give up the macho stuff Realize you’re best nurturing your kids, not competing with them Spend one-on-one time with each of your children Tell them your stories, not just the heroic ones, but the ones where you were vulnerable Don’t always try to win Don’t always try to be right Tell them you love them Enjoy them Learn from …
A few weeks ago at the Leaders Connect Breakfast, I was honored to have Jane Dutton and Monica Worline present on their new book, Awakening Compassion at Work. (The full video of this presentation is available on YouTube at https://youtu.be/W8xtdrZhf2E.) On their website http://awakeningcompassionatwork.com/100-days-of-awakening-compassion/, the authors present a beautiful plan for implementing the practices for compassionate work at any organization. Here is an introduction to the book from Monica and Jane: In a world full of pain, …
After an illustrious 30 year career as the head of the University of Michigan Musical Society, Ken Fischer is retiring. Last year I had the pleasure of interviewing Ken Fischer at Leaders Connect. Thanks to Roger Rayle, the entire interview is available on YouTube https://youtu.be/Zw6AESK5bcs You can also read Ken’s article at Mlive.com. http://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2017/05/ums_ken_fischer_leaves_everybo.html Ken, who has been leading impresario in our community for over 30 years, demonstrates excellent leadership competencies. Here are a few of his leadership lessons: Create memorable …
Leadership Lessons from Jim Hackett Congratulations to Jim Hackett, on being named CEO of Ford Motor Company! Jim was my guest at my LEADERS CONNECT Breakfast in Ann Arbor in 2016. From this event, here are some of his insights about leadership. In the 20 years of presentations at Leaders Connect, Jim Hackett’s discussion about leadership is absolutely one of the best we’ve ever heard. Like most excellent speakers, Jim not only told great stories, but he gave sound and …