Lessons Learned While Pole Vaulting a Sewer– EQ #5 Self-Regard
Bob Seagren was an Olympic Gold Medalist in the Pole Vault. My brother and I were young boys, idolizing great athletes. After seeing Seagren pole vault so well, we decided we wanted to take a try at it ourselves. When you are a young boy and don’t have the fancy poles, track shoes, standards to.. read more →
Yao Ming’s Biggest Adjustment to the USA Was Probably OFF THE COURT- EQ #4 Independence
I am a basketball fan. When Yao Ming was drafted into the NBA, few of us knew much about him. We were intrigued. As one writer stated so well after his retirement, “Yao Ming introduced many Americans to China.” Many knew so little about China until there was Yao:). “The most mature rice stock bends.. read more →
Can a Country Create 1000 Steve Jobs?
One of my favorite venues to meet with emerging leaders and discuss engaging topics over the years has been coffee houses at Nanjing University. Nanjing University is a top university in China and the students are some of the brightest and most ambitious I have met. Apparently, after Steve Jobs died, the Chinese government decided.. read more →
What You Don’t Know About Yourself May Hurt You……
The Johari Window was developed by Joe Luft and Harry Ingram. This simple diagram is a great way to illustrate the knowledge we have of ourselves as well as other’s knowledge concerning us. We are all private about some things in our lives. We are also unaware of some values and beliefs that affect us. Sometimes.. read more →
The “BIG MO” (Motivation)
A recent N.Y Times article cited the work of Adam Grant, professor at the Wharton School. Grant has been influential in his work on motivation in the workplace. Google turns to Grant’s wisdom and research when encountering her own problems, according to Prasad Setty, head of Google’s “people analytics.” Grant’s research strongly suggests that the.. read more →
Women Matter
Fairly recently, McKinsey and Company published a report entitled: “Women Matter: An Asian Perspective.” I found the article enlightening. For example, in China, 74% of women between the ages of 15-64 actively are engaged in the labor market, either working or looking for work. This is one of the highest percentages in countries around the.. read more →
One Mind is Not Enough
Howard Gardner’s, Five Minds for the Future (Harvard Business School Press, 2007), proposes five ways of thinking or acting in the world, which all students need to develop. Consider how you can shape your own educational pursuits to develop them or, if you are an educator, how you might include these in developing your students:.. read more →
A U.S. Cultural Trait That Often Holds Us Back
Joseph Bailey wrote an article for the Harvard Business Review. In his article he reported on his synopsis, based on research into the lives of thirty top executives, what it takes to be successful. In each case in his study, the successful executive had a mentor. I mentioned in an earlier blog that Asian culture.. read more →
“You see but you do not observe”– Sherlock Holmes
Different people observe different things. I drive the same route, almost daily, and yet oftentimes do not notice businesses or other notable sights along my route. I see my route, but I don’t really observe it. But, I do observe people and there are certain things about people I tend to observe, often. As a.. read more →
Leaders Network
In the USA we often say, “its not what you know, but who you know.” Never before has it been so important that you are well networked. All of us need to be growing in our ability to partner and cooperate with others in order to reach our own goals, but also to better leverage.. read more →