by George Goens | Nov 6, 2018 | Bookshelf, Education, Leadership, Life, Other, Politics/Society, Relationships
“You cannot be civil with a political party that wants to destroy what you stand for, what you care about.” Hillary Clinton’s advice is exactly what you should not do when confronted by incivility, name-calling, disrespect, and bullying. Incivility...
by George Goens | Oct 30, 2014 | Accountability, Education, Leadership, Life, Other, Politics/Society, Relationships
Most leaders and organizations focus on the head and ignore the heart of leadership. Actually, successful leaders “know” in a variety of ways if they are fully aware. Certainly we learn cognitively. The skills of analysis, synthesis, and evaluation are important. But...
by George Goens | May 12, 2014 | Accountability, Education, Leadership, Life, Politics/Society, Relationships
Golf clubs. Diamonds. Ink pens. Watches. Sunglasses. Clothes. We are familiar with quality products that genuinely produce what they advertise. They are authentic, reliable, and have track records and performance to match their advertising. They are the real McCoy...
by George Goens | Jan 12, 2014 | Accountability, Education, Humor, Leadership, Life, Other, Politics/Society, Relationships
Two infamous streets in New York City — Wall Street and Madison Avenue — have had tremendous impact on the United States and the world. The interesting thing is that the fundamental values of both concern self-interest through marketing and profits. A...
by George Goens | Jan 6, 2014 | Accountability, All, Education, Humor, Leadership, Life, Other, Politics/Society, Relationships
“This too shall pass.” When we are in the dumps, we’ve all heard this advice from someone: hang on, don’t worry, this too shall pass. We don’t seem to realize that nothing is permanent. When we are young and entering adulthood we stupidly...
by George Goens | Dec 20, 2012 | Relationships
In everyone’s life, there is a day-of-days that brings implausible joy or sadness that resonates for a lifetime. In my case, however, that day had a surreal clash of life and death happening almost simultaneously in one large collision. March 9, 2004 was such a day...
by George Goens | Dec 3, 2012 | Relationships
LOL, W/E, PEEPS, BTW, ANR8, IDK, IAC, AND BFF. Today’s quick texting shorthand has reduced language to a series of innocuous letters. Language condensed to abbreviations to be thumbed in text messages or “tweets”. Actually, I am old enough to remember when LOL meant...
by George Goens | Aug 15, 2012 | Relationships
One of life’s hardest lessons is to learn how to forgive. Forgiveness is difficult — and very misunderstood. Many people confuse it with other things. Forgiveness is not approving, condoning, ignoring, excusing, or seeking compensation for hurtful acts....
by George Goens | Feb 12, 2012 | Relationships
The Christmas after my daughter Betsy died my four-year-old granddaughter Claire and I had a quiet moment away from decorations, tree and conversational buzz. The solitude we shared was quiet and soft, just the two of us. The whole family was together to support each...
by George Goens | Dec 23, 2011 | Relationships
I believe in magic. Who would have thought? After a long career running large organizations with up to a thousand employees, managing finances and budgets, negotiating labor contracts, and making strategic plans it’s hard to fathom that there’s magic in the world. The...
