Category Training
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Peer Powered Board Meetings
December 15, 2021
Affective Leadership, Association Insights, Emotional Intelligence, Peer Powered Performance, Social Smarts, Spirit at Work, Topics, Training 
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The biggest threat to nonprofits is not declining membership, meeting attendance or sponsorship.
It is not limitations in volunteers, time or money, but a shortage of “Creative Democracy”.
There are few things more daunting than trying to run a CREATIVE board meeting. Partisan politics, positioning, personal priorities and the occasional ego often bring progress to a standstill. It is easy to get caught up in the illusion that these are people problems.These are not problems of ill int...
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Red Shoes and Bee Characters keep the “Buzz” alive.
September 13, 2012
Affective Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, Spirit at Work, Training -
Red High top “Chucks” have been my trademark for more than 15 years. Last year we added the “Change the Buzz” Bees to our brand family. Each Bee is designed to provide a visual reminder of the creative buzz within each of us. We are all simply energy buzzing around at speeds so fast our eyes see only the illusion of solid form. But our forms, our bodies never stop changing.
Cells are made and lost at a staggering pace with 10²² atoms[i] being released with every breath...
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15th Anniversary Red Shoe Solutions
September 13, 2012
Keynote Keys, Spirit at Work, Training -
Yesterday we celebrated the 15th anniversary of our Red Shoe Solutions training and consulting business.
We should be thrilled considering that some experts suggest that the failure rate of new businesses is 90-95% in the first five years.[i] But more than a decade and a half of experience also brings with it some sobering truth.When I first began as a one person shop, I thought that if I created the perfect training, I could change people’s lives forever...
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