May 2014 Leadership Development Carnival

May 2014 Leadership Development Carnival

Five years ago, I started blogging about leadership on a blog called LeaderTalk. Many of the bloggers on today’s list supported my early efforts. In fact, Dan McCarthy, who generously offered us the opportunity to host this month’s carnival, was one of the...
4 Ways to Make Anything Easy

4 Ways to Make Anything Easy

Midway through the marathon course (26.2 miles), I found myself at the top of what felt like the largest elevation increase on the course, not a BIG hill, but a hill nonetheless. Up that steady incline, I ran with Kate, a woman I met at mile 1 and waved on to run at...
12 Hours Until I #RunToledo

12 Hours Until I #RunToledo

Tomorrow morning, I will achieve a goal I’ve thought about for nearly 15 years. Months before my 30th birthday, I stepped up my running and began training for a full marathon. My goal at the time was to run a marathon prior to my milestone birthday. I remember...
Where Do You Find Your BEST Ideas?

Where Do You Find Your BEST Ideas?

Dean Schroeder and Alan Robinson, the authors of Ideas are Free, recently launched their latest title, The Idea-Driven Organization. From their extensive research with organizations around the world, they’ve discovered that 80% of the best ideas to move any...
On Fuel and Pacing

On Fuel and Pacing

In 17 days, I am going to run my first marathon. About 3 weeks ago, I ran a 15.5 mile training run with a friend. When we finished, I felt awful. I went home whining to my husband and told him I didn’t see how I would ever finish the race. He didn’t like...