My friend Carol Sarosik shared a video last week of Maya Angelou’s January 2011 appearance on Oprah’s Master Class. In it she talked about being grateful for all the rainbows in her life and the importance of being a rainbow in somebody’s cloud. She said that when she went onstage, taught, or faced any difficult situation she brought with her the people “who had been rainbows in her clouds.” These people, living or dead, black or white, straight or gay, provide her the support she needed to …
In honor of Father’s Day and Men’s Health Month, I am delighted to share a snippet from a book I co-authored 26 years ago, Men in Therapy: The Challenge of Change (Guilford, 1990). Here is the introduction from a chapter on ‘Men and Friendship”. As you read this, remember the book was written in 1990. I am interested in your opinion about how much have things changed about men in friendship in the past 26 years. In 1984 a …
My favorite graduation speech is not actually a speech at all. It is a delightful book written by Dr. Seuss when he was 87. It’s entitled: Oh, the Places You Will Go. Although I’m not yet 87, and I am never going to be as wise as Dr. Seuss, I’d like to share a few lines I’ve written as advice for graduates on another very topic. Oy, The People You Will Meet. Congratulations, today is your graduation day, …
Zingerman’s co-founder Ari Weinzweig joined us Friday morning for this month’s Leaders Connect Breakfast series. He has a new book coming out soon and shared some inspiring concepts to help us be mindful of sabotaging behavior that we have the power to change. If you’d like to send Ari your email address he will let you know when the book is available for purchase. ari@zingermans.com Link to video https://youtu.be/WNMdkl9SefQ Here are a few key points from Ari’s talk: •When hope …
Last Friday I was proud to have Dr. Wayne Baker join me for the Leaders Connect Breakfast session. VIDEO LINK He informed the group of a new App, Give & Get App www.GiveAndTakeInc.com. It is designed to help people get over the hurdle of asking for and receiving help within organizations. Dr. Baker has discovered that even though people love to help each other; the hardest thing for people to do is to ask for the help that is needed. …
Succeeding in the Workplace 20 More Tips for Young Employees from Dr. Rob’s Readers I appreciate everyone’s responses to last week’s post about how to succeed in today’s workplace. Here are some of the extremely helpful responses (and please keep them coming). Conduct yourself as professionally as possible. Try not to let your emotions rule you. If you get angry or upset with someone, wait a few minutes, take a few deep breaths, and let your “rational self” return before …