– Supporting my friends in the development of their books. I would like to shine a light on new publications that were launched recently. One is by Karan Higdon Jr., The Flower That Won’t Stop Growing. Karan is a University of Michigan grad and a Wolverine football running back. He was one of my very best students. One of his dreams was to write books. My friends Michael Samuelson is almost finished with his photography book, Iconic Ann Arbor. I will keep …
Thanks to all of you who joined the discussion on risk-taking and Doug Schneider’s new book, The Risk Paradox, last Friday. We had a high interest in the topic, probably because risk plays such a pervasive and important role in all of our lives. We are hopeful that the book and the individual stories highlighted in it will help everyone be more conscious and aware of the role risk plays in your lives. The book will help improve your decisions in …
I am excited to have my friend, Doug Schneider, present this Friday on the topic of risk. While originally scheduled for a live session at Zingerman’s Roadhouse, once again I’ve had to cancel that and move it to a Zoom meeting. The reason why I am moving to Zoom is that both my wife and I have been diagnosed with Covid this weekend. So far, we are doing well. We both are going to take Paxlovid which is supposed to help with …
Yesterday, I was honored to present to a group of 18 Detroit police officers who are participating in the Detroit Police Department Leadership Academy at Wayne State University, Mike Ilitch School of Business. One of the faculty, Sherilynn Perelli, asked me to speak on self-awareness and emotional intelligence. She felt these were crucial competencies for the officers to develop in order to become successful leaders in the police department. In learning about the program, which welcomed its first set of participants …
After three years of presenting 30+ Leaders Connect events on Zoom, I am very pleased to announce that we are returning to live events at Zingerman’s Roadhouse. Due to the continued threat of Covid (for example, my mother-in-law is going home today after spending three days in the hospital with Covid), I will be making some important changes: The starting time will be 8 AM rather than 7 AM (due to the fact that people have gotten used to sleeping in) To be …
Kim Stricker, Founder of Social Motto Even though I’m well past college, September has always been the time for learning. I’ve always enjoyed the start of school, and even though I’m not teaching this semester, I am learning about myself, the world, science, and art. Here are a few of the key learnings from September: – I have learned from Kim Stricker founder of Social Motto that it is possible to make very good short videos by using a video …