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Leadership Lessons from the Honey Badger

Don’t let the sugary name fool you.  Recognized as the most fearless animal by the Guinness Book of World Records, ...

Empty Leadership

This last week, TechCrunch reported that a startup named “Color,” which had raised $41 million in venture capital, was in big, big ...

Veggie Omelet with Ham

At breakfast with my 13-year-old daughter Chloe and her friend, a baffling question was posed.  Chloe’s friend asked, “Can I get ...

Clarity Through Camouflage

Last week I had the profound honor of speaking to the 414th battalion of the United States Army.  I looked into ...

Lead Without Title

At a recent visit to a NYC jazz club, I witnessed a near disaster averted only by another’s selfless act.  ...

Be The Cannibal

In the business world there is an often-muttered fear of “cannibalization.”  This silly phrase is used when one person at ...

Running Behind

I experienced the joy of a doctor’s waiting room this past week.  After waiting 29 minutes, I asked the staff ...

The Vision Trap

“I have an incredible, game-changing, transformational vision for the future,” the eager entrepreneur tells me as part of her pitch. ...

On Second Thought…

A student was in physics class taking a test. The final question on the test was, "Given a barometer, how ...