Recently, I have been asked to provide brief (one or two) session consultations to leaders and coaches about crucial issues they are facing in the workplace. As a result, I now am including these brief consultations as part of my portfolio of services, which includes: LeadersConnect, Executive Coaching, Next Steps Groups, and Men’s Groups. Within the next few weeks, I will be launching my new book, Men: A Guide to Healthy Aging: 365 Ideas for Staying Strong in Mind, …
The Future of College Sports with Carol Hutchins, Jordan Acker, Claiborne Green, and Karan Higdon 25 years ago I launched LeadersConnect. We met upstairs at Zingerman’s for a discussion with Robert Quinn, a professor at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business who discussed his book, Deep Change. The audience consisted of 25 community leaders who were participating in my leadership development groups. The next meeting on Friday, October 13, will be about the 200th in the series. With an average …
Most of us have probably had an interesting job or two before we started our professional careers. For me, it was as an actor in an all-African-American theater group. Background: Later this month, my wife, Pat, and I will be traveling to New York City to visit our family and to take in a few plays on Broadway. One of them is a revival of Purlie Victorious, written and performed in the 1960s by Ossie Davis and his wife, Ruby …
Saturday, under the new lights at Michigan Stadium, from the field with my walker, I was thrilled to experience the full Michigan Football extravaganza. First, let me explain about the walker. I recently started using one, and you may be wondering why. The doctors aren’t sure, but they’ve determined that I have a nerve problem in my leg related to a spinal cord injury. When and how I got the injury is a mystery. It could have been at …
SPENCER FINCH’S “TRYING TO REMEMBER THE COLOR OF THE SKY ON THAT SEPTEMBER MORNING.” PHOTO BY JIN S. LEE This piece is comprised of 2,983 individual painted squares. Each represents a victim of the 2001 and 1993 attacks and symbolizes the idea of memory. I will never forget: On the afternoon of 9/11, my wife Pat and I were transfixed on the TV as we desperately tried to get through to our son. Adam was living in New York City …
Biggest Thrill: Katrina and Dan had a new baby, Joni James Pasick, born August 24, 2023. Music Artist Most Listened To: Joni Mitchell, of course. Books I’ve Been Reading: Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy 10/10 The Art Thief by Michael Finkel 6/10 My Search for Warren Harding by Robert Plunket 1/10 Most Enjoyable Day: My afternoon spent at the Motown Museum with my two sons and then dinner at Chartreuse Kitchen & Cocktails in Detroit. Biggest Struggle: Adapting to using a walker is a …