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Strength of Character #3: Sincerity is the Way Out

These days are filled with much a do, about everything, about something and about nothing.  Posturing has been elevated to an art form, of sorts; in matters of business and community, peace and war, locally and globally.  Still, we see an ever growing apathy and...

Strength of Character #2: Dignity

"For all these mysteries, I thank you; for the wonder of myself, for the wonder of your works."  Psalms 129:13-14 Dignity is a sense of worthiness and respect; for and of ourselves and others.  Whatever one's faith or none at all, it is about understanding that we...

Strength of Character #1: Steadfast

As The Unity Guy™, I am about the one thing that connects us all.  It is not our gender, color, race, ethnicity, religion, lifestyle, sexuality, education, income or any other demographic.  It is our humanity; the character of being human.  It is about the virtues. ...

GREAT Friday

Good Friday, one and all. In its traditional "celebration", this is a day of "death" with the promise of rebirth.  That is a powerful message in business and in life. A week or so ago, I had the pleasure of consulting with Jane Atkinson of Speaker Launcher.  Jane is...

HALFTIME broadCAST #1: Healthy Organizations

The HALF TIME broadCAST™ is a project of EPIC Engage™.  Each month, at “half time”, members of The CAST™ (Community Advancement Strategic Team) of EPIC Engage™ weigh in on a question for organizational development and leadership... engaging character, capacity and/or...

The Wholehearted Risk

I remember well the game of Risk.  We played it for days and even weeks.  It was strategic and creative and challenging.  I am now re-discovering the power in wholehearted risk and the beauty of the mis-take. Learning is not the exclusive realm of the young.  Richard...

Sharpen the Blades

DISCIPLINE: Among the definitions of discipline is an “activity, exercise, or a regimen that develops or improves a skill”. We too often think of discipline as punishment, but punishment is but one vehicle to achieve purposeful discipline. From March 2 through to...

The True Battle Cry

The thought that we should be unaffected by our circumstances to find peace is dangerous. Detachment does not imply a disconnection from our emotions. It does imply we can manage and use our emotions to make change.  Injustice should cause anger. What we do with anger...

Engage the Age

I am a late BOOMER, born in 1960. My parents were and are ELDERS, with my mother now being 91. I teach business to Gen X and Gen Y students and work alongside BOOMERS and Gen X as colleagues. I was trained and educated by ELDERS. I have watched and observed the...

Breaking from Ground Hog Day

So it is Ground Hog Day.  Considering the movie of same name, I thought I might launch into February with an idea around treadmills and treading water and getting things done; moving beyond the seeming repetition surrounding getting at things. I am a multitasking...

The Soil and the Tree

As a Master Facilitator with The Virtues Project™, I ever increasingly understand that behaviour modification is often transitory.  It is based on the management of the relationship between actions and consequences.  Still, we do not often make a permanent link to...

Raising the Flag

This is not a political statement.  It is not a statement of hate.  It is a statement. Today, we hear more news of misguided and hateful people claiming they have “avenged the Prophet” in killing innocent people in France.  Their strategy is to divide us.  As a...