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Transforming Fear to Joy

Right to Joy - Blog Category: Leadership

Attention World-wide News Media . . . It’s Time to Diversify

They just aren’t getting it. By they, I mean the large conglomerates publishing the daily news around the world. Over 20 years ago, I quit watching the news
and reading the daily papers because the only stories reported were negative — terrorism, violent crimes, wars, natural disasters, death tolls. Shortly thereafter, enough of the global population must have made their dissatisfaction known as a common occurrence emerged on every news station — the reporting anchor ended her/his reading of depressing stories with one positive event.

Well, a ratio of 10 negative to 1 positive does not a true picture make.

Integrity — Is Life Testing Ours?

The mass migration of over four million Syrian refugees into the European Union poses a second opportunity for that collective of countries (as well as

EU Collaboration — No Matter What!

The world watches and waits with bated breath to see how the European Union (EU) will respond to Greece’s “No” referendum vote.  Clearly, as North

It’s a Digital Ecosystem World

Ecosystems are not a new phenomenon. The term has existed in relation to the natural environment since 1934 when coined by British ecologist Arthur Tansley

A Leadership Rant — Let Go of Fear & Control

For the past 30 years, I collaborated with small, medium and large organizations in redesigning their structures, systems and processes to fit their strategies and enable employees to serve their customers. In the 70s, we referred to this subsequent flattening of the organizational hierarchy as democratizing the workplace, which suited the social-spiritual ethos of the day. In the 80s and 90s, similar efforts were renamed as building high performing teams and workplaces. Almost two decades into the millennium, and organization designers now refer to these streamlined, democratic workplaces as adaptive enterprises. Regardless of what lessons we learned and labels we invented over the past 50 years, the purpose of an organization has never changed — to provide the necessary resources and training to front line staff so they confidently, considerately and joyfully serve clients.

Hidden Garbage — What’s Yours?

Each day of my sunny vacation here in Sisal (pronounced Seesal), Mexico, I walk along the six kilometer coastline and marvel at what the sea

3 Steps to Appreciation & Happiness 

I offer those around me patience, encouragement, support, a cheerful word, the gift of a smile – and most of all appreciation.     Louise Hay

Leadership — What the Past Can Teach Us

Whether personally or in business, January is a month for reflecting on the past and renewing commitments that move us forward on our chosen life