by Becky Robinson | Mar 19, 2010 | Leadership
Yesterday, I enjoyed a lovely lunch. 65 degrees and sunny. My friend, my daughters, and I ate outside to soak up the sun. Midway through our lunch, a woman dining alone sat down at the table next to us. We continued our conversation for awhile, and then she joined in...
by Becky Robinson | Feb 22, 2010 | Leadership
Investing time and energy in helping others’ develop can seem like a huge undertaking, and it is. Many years ago, I worked as a tutor at local YMCA. One afternoon, one of my students began sharing her story with me. Due to a crisis in her family, she needed a...
by Becky Robinson | Feb 11, 2010 | Leadership
I could see Kaldi’s from my office window. The coffee shop offered breakfast bagels, panini sandwiches and salads at lunch time, and a cozy corner for my mentoring appointments with Cindy. As often as we could, we met for lunch, stolen hours in the midst of busy...
by Becky Robinson | Feb 9, 2010 | Leadership
My oldest daughter has lived over 35 million minutes in her eight and a half years of life. She’s grown from 7 pounds to 60 and stands about four feet tall. She is independent in many ways, especially compared to the infant we brought home from the hospital. She...
by Becky Robinson | Jan 20, 2010 | Social Media
This month, the posts at the LeaderTalk blog have focused on the theme “A leader values and engages others.” While brainstorming post topics, I remembered Monica Diaz, one of the most encouraging people I know on Twitter. Monica is the Director of Quidam...
