by Barbara Dee | Feb 24, 2022 | Carpe Diem!, Leadership
Leadership today doesn’t look like previous generations—there has been a shift in priorities. The formula in the past for high-achievers and leaders in business or communities was to do, do, do—and do some more! The focus was on “success” as defined in a rather...
by Barbara Dee | Feb 10, 2022 | Carpe Diem!, Leadership
Every single place you will go this week will be a place where you are putting up with something. We all tolerate things that annoy us, some that prick our Shiny Ideal World Bubble quite sharply, others that just leave it mud-smeared. Without being an obsessive...
by Barbara Dee | Jan 27, 2022 | Carpe Diem!, Leadership
Ah, there’s a problem. If you are either officially or informally the person accountable for solving it, your leadership is required, here and now. The first thing to do is to gain clarity. This could take a few minutes or much, much longer. The thing is, don’t try...
by Barbara Dee | Jan 12, 2022 | Carpe Diem!, Leadership
I remember describing my first home-building experience as “an infinite number of decisions.” I wasn’t prepared for that at all, and yet each decision was made (sometimes on-the-spot) and it all turned out beautifully. Here, we’ll take a few moments to step back and...
by Barbara Dee | Dec 29, 2021 | Carpe Diem!, Leadership
One hundred years ago, a young man demonstrated remarkable leadership under the most brutally harsh conditions—some hailed him as brave saver of lives, while others at the time thought of him as a dreamer who failed multiple times to achieve his goals. The story of...
by Barbara Dee | Dec 17, 2021 | Carpe Diem!, Leadership
“Don’t judge me!” This is an all-too-common phrase a 40-something woman I know uses liberally. She says it in a joking way. As if she can read the disapproving thoughts that another person is having about her appearance, language, car, habit, even restaurant menu...
