Eric Dawson, the founder of Peacefirst, is launching the Peacefirst Prize – its been defined as the Nobel Peace Prize for children. Eric talks about creating a world where everyone is a peacemaker. A world where the violence, bullying and negative messaging is replaced by people with empathy skills and desire to resolve conflict peacefully.
One of the worst things we can do for ourselves is to allow ourselves to get stuck in a rut. Breaking routine, doing new things, taking time out of our day to try something new is an important way to jog the mind, to get unstuck. It unleashes creativity. And creativity is something we all
“The key to our success is focusing on one insurmountable task each day and surmounting the hell out of it. It’s tenacity–that’s what powers the entrepreneurial spirit.” –Jackie Summers, co-founder, Jack from Brooklyn “What praise ultimately does is hold up a mirror. It acknowledges what people already think about themselves: that they’re good at what
CFOs Beware: Problems with Financial Modeling Through my work I have dealt with thousands of Excel, and for those that remember Lotus, financial models and I have to say that most of them are bad. I would like to summarize five of my least favorite things about the “bad” models I have had the unfortunate
Engaging your customer in the solution will create more buy-in. People want to give input, to be heard, to feel like they were part of building the solution. Whether its an external customer, or an internal customer. Whether its your client, your employee or your boss. Engage them in the solution. Seed ideas, kick the
As leaders, we have to think constantly about Recognition. It is important. Everyone likes to be recognized for their good work, their contributions. And yet, it is criticism that is more valuable.Good leaders don’t like to criticize anymore than anyone else, but the reality is, if we don’t receive criticism well, if we don’t give
“It’s better to fail in originality, than succeed in imitation” Herman Melville “Success is going from failure to failure with no less of enthusiasm” Winston Churchill “There are no short cuts to any place worth going” Beverly Sills “Those who lack courage will always find a philosophy to justify it” Albert Camus “Some people take
Nowadays we are used to hearing about business models and innovations that spring up and take the world by storm. And the fact is that for every brilliant idea that someone has, if they don’t act quickly, the opportunity is likely lost, because there are probably several other peoople working on something similar. And we
Memories on Leadership Learned as a Child Posted on October 24, 2012 I love this little anecdote: I have been interviewing leaders for some research I am doing and one of the people I interviewed told me this lovely story: He grew up in San Francisco, the son of a well-known butcher at a well-known
Courage can have many different faces, but one thing is for sure – if you don’t want to manage the status quo, you need to have courage: Courage to give tough feedback Courage to admit failure Courage to shut a favorite project down Courage to tell a customer about a missed expectation Courage to stand