Don’t Burn Your Bridges Isn’t Always the Best Advice 06/02/2016 Don’t Burn Your Bridges Isn’t Always the Best Advice “Careful, don’t burn your bridges.” We’ve been hearing that for eons. I’ve heard the saying goes back to ancient Roman Times. When an army crossed a river to invade their enemies, the commanders would order the bridges burned to guarantee that their troops couldn’t and wouldn’t retreat. Since there was no escape route, they had to fight to save their lives. Sometimes the country being conquered used the same approach in reverse. As they
Don’t Burn Your Bridges Isn’t Always the Best Advice “Careful, don’t burn your bridges.” We’ve been hearing that for eons. I’ve heard the saying goes back to ancient Roman Times. When an army crossed a river to invade their enemies, the commanders would order the bridges burned to guarantee that their troops couldn’t and wouldn’t retreat. Since there was no escape route, they had to fight to save their lives. Sometimes the country being conquered used the same approach in reverse. As they
10 Ways You Own Your Career 05/30/2016 “The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” - Alice Walker I
“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” - Alice Walker I
Leadership Fail: Feeding the Elephant in the Room 05/29/2016 Do You Feed or Free the Elephant in the Room? It’s there. You feel it. You see it. It sees you. It’s so brazen that it stares back, squarely in your eyes. As you gaze around the room, the discomfort is easy to spot. Yet everyone sits there, saying nothing, with no acknowledgment of this looming presence. So you take a deep breath and tell yourself that if you remain quiet maybe, just maybe, it will just go away. But, it doesn’t. It’s the elephant in the room. The elephant in the room
Do You Feed or Free the Elephant in the Room? It’s there. You feel it. You see it. It sees you. It’s so brazen that it stares back, squarely in your eyes. As you gaze around the room, the discomfort is easy to spot. Yet everyone sits there, saying nothing, with no acknowledgment of this looming presence. So you take a deep breath and tell yourself that if you remain quiet maybe, just maybe, it will just go away. But, it doesn’t. It’s the elephant in the room. The elephant in the room