What if the very grammar rules you were taught in grade school were shaping your wellness and that of your company or community? Working with leaders from many cultures around the planet, I often find myself investigating the personal, workplace, …
I’m a sucker for good vision. No, I don’t mean eyesight, although the human eye is a magnificent device. I mean aspirations, the things a leader sees that are outside ordinary perception, beyond the horizon, or perhaps not yet even …
Part of Wisdom Works’ promise to our clients is to stay abreast of the health and wellness trends which affect how leaders lead. So it was a delight for me to organize our recent mind-expanding, heart-opening leader-to-leader event named The …
It’s amazing to me that after two decades of investigating the source of wellbeing, my clients, friends, and family members still open my mind to new insights. What causes wellbeing? What develops it? What sustains it? As leaders seeking to …
It felt like the kind of heat that curls paint from the walls. It was the heat wave of 2010 and there I was among 80 leaders in the Adirondack Mountains. While the mountains sound like a nice cool summer …
Last week, Gallup advertised a leadership and organizational development program that I’d imagined coming from Wisdom Works. I felt deflated. Instead of igniting my inner fires of competition or a spirit of collaboration with like-minded colleagues, this news took the …
A hodge-podge of friends at my favorite local coffee shop seemed to light up to the topic of the day’s conversation: wealth and poverty. From a real estate investor and retired corporate professionals to a musician and a yoga instructor, …
[Guest blogger Nina Peterson is COO and Partner at Wisdom Works.]
An optimist is the human personification of spring.
— Susan J. Bissonette
Many people wait for the first signs of spring to shift into their sunnier seasonal …
Mind blowing red-rock formations arch skyward to my right. Low clouds and fog lend the scenery a mystical appearance. Sweat drips off my chin, bouncing from handlebars to shimmering blacktop. My parched throat punctures the splendor of my surroundings; my …
Nina and I recently presented at the Southern Colorado Sustainability Conference on the topic of socially responsible leadership. When we used an example from our work with The Coca-Cola Company, a hand shot up and we got an earful: “I …
