Yikes! Surely, someone is going to recognize I really am not that smart, that I have been lucky – in the right...
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Perfectionism – Gift or Curse?
Is pefectionism a gift or a curse? That depends. Our Thunderbird Leadership Consulting co-founder, Amy Steinbinder, reviews the concept.
To Develop Good Judgment…
Did you make any decisions for the new year? In our last blog Rory offered a reflective approach using four questions as...
Reflections for a New Year
The New Year is a wonderful time of reflection, to think about where we’ve been, where we are and where we want...
Tip of the Month, December 2019 – Reflections II – TIPS from this year’s Summit
Jill began to highlight the events at this year’s Summit in her last post. I thought I’d format the second part of...
Summit Reflections – Part 1
13th Annual Leadership Summit Reconstructing Leadership: Owning Our Power One participant described it this way: “A leadership spa for the soul that...
Tip of the Month, November 2019 – Management Tips for Employees who Coast
Jill Bachman’s blog article last month addressed the idea of coasting at work from an employee perspective (click here to read). She...
Is it OK to Coast?
Fall has returned. In the breadbasket of the US midwest, it is the time after harvest, time to take a breath and...
Tip of the Month, October 2019 – Tips on Repurposing….Leadership
Last month the Thunderbird blog featured Dr. Carla Rotering’s honor of a Healthcare Heroes Lifetime Achievement Award from the Phoenix Business Journal....
Celebrating Dr. Carla Rotering’s Health Care Heroes 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award
Please join me in celebrating Dr. Carla Rotering’s Health Care Heroes 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award bestowed by the Phoenix Business Journal. (Watch...
Tip of the Month, September 2019 – Tips on the How of Staying or Going
Do you have an emergency communication plan and a “go” bag? These are the things people should think through and pack for...
Should I Stay or Should I Go?
I’ve got the Clash’s earworm stuck in my head. Should I stay or should I go If I go there will be...
Tip of the Month, August 2019 – Take it Apart to Rebuild Something Better: Tips for Deconstruction
This year’s Summit theme, Reconstructing Leadership: Owning Our Power, really appeals to me. I enjoy the challenge of putting things together, solving...
About This Year’s Leadership Summit – Reconstructing Leadership: Owning Our Power
I first became connected to Thunderbird Leadership through the Annual Leadership Summit. Unlike most leadership learning opportunities, it is not focused on...
Summer Professional Beach Read II – The Art of Gathering
What could be better for a Summer Professional Beach Read than The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why it Matters...
A “Professional” Beach Read: Dare to Lead
What a treat it is to read a book about leadership and discover its robustness for areas of my life beyond work!...
Tip of the Month, June 2019 – Tips on Passing the Torch
In this month’s blog (click here), Jill discussed how we pass on information, knowledge and wisdom when we are leaving a position...
Passing the Torch
As I write this it is May and there are congratulatory cards sitting, ready to mail, on my desk. I have a...
Tip of the Month, May 2019 – Engagement Tips for the Individual
In our latest blog titled Engagement Survey, Oh My! read here, Rory (1) challenged the practice of ineffective annual engagement surveys (they...
Engagement Survey! Oh my!
Jill[1] and I were brainstorming about topics for this year’s blog posts. It helps to have a roadmap because the deadlines do...