by Scott Anderson | Nov 25, 2016 | Coaching, Essential Reading, Leadership
The basic fault lines today are not between people with different beliefs but between people who hold these beliefs with an element of uncertainty and people who hold these beliefs with a pretense of certitude. Peter L. Berger It would be disingenuous to say that the...
by Scott Anderson | Nov 16, 2016 | Coaching, Leadership, Uncategorized
By far the most respected authority on corporate leadership development (and my personal hero) is Marshall Goldsmith. His exhaustive research on executive performance has generated essential information for companies interested in fostering genuine leadership....
by Scott Anderson | Oct 12, 2016 | Coaching, Personal Enrichment, Uncategorized, Workplace Culture, Workplace Issues
Anyone who knows me probably also knows I’m a huge fan of mindfulness and meditation. I started meditating years ago and can’t say enough about the benefits for both my personal and professional life. It is no secret that the business world...
by Scott Anderson | Oct 5, 2016 | Coaching, Essential Reading, Personal Enrichment, Workplace Issues
A while back I wrote about the fallacy that overwork meant better work. More and more, people in the business world are beginning to recognize that working 60 and 70 and 80 hours a week is not a virtue. Rather, it reveals certain weaknesses in the worker. While there...
by Scott Anderson | Sep 29, 2016 | Coaching, Essential Reading, Uncategorized, Workplace Culture
There’s an interesting article over at the Harvard Business Review, “When Networking, Being Yourself Really Does Work.” It covers a wide array of networking opportunities, from a job fair to LinkedIn. “Across all these situations, one...
by Scott Anderson | Sep 14, 2016 | Coaching, Essential Reading, Personal Enrichment, Playing Big
I love the term “Misery Olympics” and wish I’d thought of it first. Google it and you’ll get about 549,000 results, but who has time to get to the bottom of that rabbit hole? We all watched the Olympics in Brazil last month, but the Misery Olympics never end—they go...
