by Becky Robinson | Sep 7, 2010 | Leadership
Last week, we published a white paper here at the LeaderTalk blog. David Burkus left a comment congratulating me on “shipping,” a reference to Seth Godin’s Linchpin. I have to admit to you now, as I admitted to David when he left the comment, that I...
by Becky Robinson | Aug 25, 2010 | Inspiration
In the first months of my marriage, I worked to perfect a homemade pizza crust. The first one turned out doughy. The second, overdone. The third, slightly better. Eventually, I found the right recipe and figured out both how to roll it out and what temperature worked...
by Becky Robinson | Jul 26, 2010 | Inspiration
In my last post, I shared a story about my grandfather and the song he sang to me when I was a little girl to help me remember to speak clearly. Don’t you love stories? Stories are the most powerful tool we have in communicating with others. The reason? Stories...
by Becky Robinson | Jul 23, 2010 | Leadership
Pig-tailed and freckle-faced, I stood next to my grandpa’s chair. “Speak distinctly, or do-not-speak or do-not-speak at all,” he said. It was kind of a song. As a young girl, I often talked so quickly – and with such a high-pitched squeak – that he...
by Becky Robinson | Jul 2, 2010 | Leadership
So I sat on the curb in the middle of the night with my three girls. And no one came to tell us what was going on or when we could expect to get back to bed. Frankly, I wasn’t surprised. Oftentimes, we miss opportunities to lead that seem obvious later. Of...
