Category Archives: Words Matter

Entirely Rethinking Mission Statements

My friend John Haydon’s recent post really has me thinking. The post was titled Why you should delete the mission statement on your website. Please read it (John is SO smart!) John’s post comes at a good time for me, as we are thinking about our own mission statement for Creating the Future. (Like our… Continue Reading

Monday Morning Rock Out!

It’s Monday! This is not an ordinary Monday, though. On this day between the Halloween that took over this past weekend and the US Election Day we will face tomorrow, today we have a moment to rest, to see more clearly. A month ago, I posted about the solace and meaning we can find in each… Continue Reading

Friends for Real

Something surprising happened to me this week. I was preparing a pre-reading list for a client – the list of readings and video clips that allow our precious face-to-face time to be more meaningful.  This workshop will be about engagement, and so I flipped through the books I’ve written on those subjects, to cite pages… Continue Reading