Author Archives: hmartin

Why do some people bounce back from personal tragedy or stay glued during unthinkable chaos, while others feel crushed under the weight?  Where does resilience come from? Are some people blessed with it and others not?  The truth is, as … Continue reading →

Got a voice mail message recently from a potential client asking a question I knew I couldn’t answer. My first thought was, “My boss has that answer; so it’s really not worth me calling her back because I can’t help … Continue reading →

I accidentally left my cell phone at home last Wednesday. I was four minutes from the office when I reached for it—a practically Pavlovian response to a stop at a red light—and felt a disappointingly empty space in my purse. … Continue reading →

In a recent New York Times op-ed columnist Ian Desai wrote about what Gandhi would make of the Occupy movement. Tweaking the group’s slogan about how “98 percent” of Americans are not wealthy, Desai says, “‘We are the 100 percent’ … Continue reading →

There’s a perception in our current culture that if you behave as a “call-’em-like-I-see-’em”, straight-shooting, bottom-line kind of person, people should assume you are a strong leader. Someone who knows the truth and isn’t afraid to stand up and tell … Continue reading →

Critical thinking is now the No. 1 skill companies are looking for among rising executives. According to a new study by Executive Development Associates (EDA), an Oklahoma City-based research and consulting firm, leadership ability and strategic thinking used to top … Continue reading →

A National Public Radio anchor suggested this week that if Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address today, most of us wouldn’t hear or read the whole thing because it would be way too long for our short, distractable attention spans. … Continue reading →

So it’s been 10 years since that brilliantly blue September day–the day the war came to us. And regardless of how your beliefs, world views, and habits have since changed (or not), it would be easy to argue that as … Continue reading →

Turns out, the “empowerment” movement may have it backwards. Management expert and author Daniel Pink makes a compelling argument that empowerment is “just another form of control”—because it implies that someone other than you has all the power and is … Continue reading →

By Kathy Hollingsworth Have you ever had to decide whether or not to keep something secret? To make a choice about whether sharing information would keep your customers informed or create concern about the future? I have. A few months … Continue reading →