Biomimicry is all the rage so imagine for a moment that you are a Monarch butterfly. It’s been a year of big changes for you. Not so long ago you were a caterpillar happily munching on leaves, sunning yourself in a comfy garden patch. Maybe you were a big insect in your tiny patch. ThenContinue reading “Wishing you Fair Skies Butterflies! Thoughts on Perseverance”
Author Archives: Dominique O'Rourke
Lookin’ for Leadership in all the wrong places
Harvard Business Review blogger, Ron Ashkenas, asks: Where Have All the Leaders Gone? He writes: “According to a survey conducted by the Harvard Kennedy School last year, 68% of Americans believe that there is a “leadership crisis” in the country; and leaders in only four out of thirteen sectors inspire above average confidence (the military,Continue reading “Lookin’ for Leadership in all the wrong places”
Just Ask: The Secret Source of Power
Fact: people who ask for help accomplish more. And, since power is the ability to get things done, people who ask for help enhance their personal power. Why is asking so powerful? People are flattered when they are asked to help. Flattery builds rapport and we are predisposed to help people we like. People areContinue reading “Just Ask: The Secret Source of Power”
Leadership Lessons from the Cottage
During my cottage holiday I enjoyed a blissful moment of absolute tranquility. I was sitting alone, looking out over the river, really just taking it all in when I noticed two woodpeckers, four or five blue jays dive bombing among the trees, squirrels running about their business, sandpipers along the shore… It was all happeningContinue reading “Leadership Lessons from the Cottage”
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