Why Thanksgiving Makes You A Better Leader
Some leaders see enormous value in giving thanks. Being grateful and expressing
that gratefulness determines their leadership. They make gratitude a daily practice.
Like the ex-chairman of insurance broker Willis Group Holdings, Joseph Plumeri,
who spent about 25 percent of his time thanking people by phone or a handwritten
card.
Why is that?
What is the pay-off for those leaders?
Gratitude is so […]
How To Connect in Change
We just got a puppy. And going around with our puppy warms my heart.
Of course the puppy’s delight with everything in the world from an ant to a new stick is heart warming.
But the reactions of people touch me the most. It is amazing what one look at the puppy does.
Suddenly total strangers walk up […]
Respect in the Workplace: the Finer Points
We are all disrespectful sometimes.
I am disrespectful sometimes.
I try not to be disrespectful. Respect is enormously important to me – but it sometimes happens.
It occurs because we are all different. What I find “normal”, another person finds disrespectful.
An example is getting the bill after eating in a restaurant. In the Netherlands, where I am from, […]