by Linda Reed Friedman | Jul 19, 2017 | Events
Hopeful Tender Dedicated…. “To be hopeful means to be uncertain about the future, to be tender toward possibilities, to be dedicated to change all the way down to the bottom of your heart.” Rebecca Solnit is an American writer. She has written on a variety of...
by Linda Reed Friedman | Jul 14, 2017 | Business, Events
Outcomes Outcomes vs. activity. When the activity of practicing the violin matches the outcome of having a seat in an orchestra. Goal accomplished. But when business owners are so easily distracted by activity, and miss our goal and to wallow in the sea of...
by Linda Reed Friedman | Jul 10, 2017 | Business, Events
Celebrate It is an important component of being a leader. It took me more years to learn about celebration than I would like to admit. As a company, I gave out a bonus as the end of the year. Yeah!! But so what? It was a complicated matrix – it took days to...
by Linda Reed Friedman | Jul 8, 2017 | Events
Quote I’m writing/authoring a book using quotes. Initially I started with the all the motivational quotes I could find. Then I looked at a book my daughter gave me with women’s quotes. We, us women, are different in how we process and how we quote. Early...
by Linda Reed Friedman | Jul 4, 2017 | Business, Events, Leadership
Leadership Retreat We are business people creating a tribe. Is retreat the word we use to describe a day or two of planning? Definition of a “leaders” retreat 1a(1) : an act or process of withdrawing especially from what is difficult, dangerous, or...
by Linda Reed Friedman | Jul 3, 2017 | Events
Write the Agenda The Format, the Timing and the Memorable Message. Carol Walsh is a Mary Kay, executive director, and a former District Governor in Rotary. I watched her, she taught me about having an agenda as she facilitated meetings. Carol’s...
