When I ride my bicycle to and from work, I take a meandering path that adds at least 10 minutes to my time. Instead of taking busy thoroughfares that travel in a straight line, I take out-of-the-way side streets, bike trails, and little paths nobody else knows about.  Through a graffiti-lined tunnel. Down a quiet [...]

When I first met Leah through Twitter, I was pretty sure I was going to like her. She was genuine, funny, and engaging. Shortly thereafter, I visited her blog and confirmed my suspicions that she was “my kind of people”. Since then Leah has become a good friend, and she is the wonderful technical genius behind [...]

“I appreciate the compliment,” I said, brushing it off, “but I really can’t take credit. The stuff you’re talking about happened at a grassroots level among the volunteers and had little to do with me.”
“Stop,” she said, interrupting me right back. “You need to listen to me. This organization has been transformed since you’ve been [...]

This week’s guest is Donna Bruschi, one of my newest Twitter friends. Donna is offering a special gift especially for parents. First read what she says about discovering her own giftedness, and then scroll down to the bottom of this post to find out what she is offering to give you.
By way of introduction, here’s [...]

Moments ago, I spilled tea all over my desk. Fortunately, the only thing that got ruined was my certificate of completion for “Leading Virtual and Remote Teams”.  Frankly, it’s a bit of a relief that it got ruined, because now I can give myself permission to throw it in the recycling bin.
It’s been sitting on [...]