Leaders Cast Vision

Leaders cast vision! You need to work to clarify your vision and intentionally communicate it to your team. Even if your team loves and respects you, but they may also desire more clarity regarding the organization’s direction. For those of us who are spiritual,...

Love your work

This week we announced my new business platform, White Oak Leadership, through social media. Scores of people enthusiastically responded with kind words of encouragement and affirmation. The response was amazing, far greater than I expected. I’m grateful for the...

Do circumstances change the facts?

Truth. Is truth absolute or relative? After a day of being harangued to change my answer from a simple statement of the facts to a response that people wanted me to give, I realize that there are differences of opinion about this. Here is the situation. Tenants in a...

Which candy bar would you choose?

Culture is a complex topic. It is impossible to fully understand another culture. In fact, it is difficult to understand your own, although your culture is at least comfortable to you. Our challenge in cross-cultural understanding and communication is to suspend...