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I recently met with a very capable leader. By all measures she has been very successful. She’s incredibly educated, she’s had a good career of meaningful work, she’s traveled extensively, she has passionately pursued leisure and recreational activities to create good work/life balance, she is great with people, and has volunteered her time for meaningful causes. I’ve had the privilege …

We could not believe what we were seeing. You have got to be kidding me! Was this a reality TV show of some kind? Where was the hidden camera? Somewhere there is a TV audience watching our reactions – right? How could someone actually think that is appropriate? Common sense would tell you… Ahh, and therein lies the quandary: common …

Cancer had overtaken her mother’s body. Like a slow moving lava flow it had destroyed everything in its path. The end was near. She didn’t know what to do. She and her mother had journeyed through every stage of this insidious disease and now they were facing the final stage – the last chapter. She was once again sitting with …

Pink eye. Ever had it? According to webmd.com, “Pinkeye (also called conjunctivitis) is redness and swelling of the conjunctiva, the mucous membrane that lines the eyelid and eye surface. If irritation or infection occurs, the lining becomes red and swollen.” Pinkeye is very common and very contagious. Sharing an object, such as a washcloth or towel, with a person who …