November 11, 2013
Recently I was asked to moderate a panel at the Chamber of Commerce’s annual business expo. It was entitled Intrapreneurship: Thriving in a Corporate Environment. To be frank I was a bit clueless about this topic before the event. I thought the word intrapreneurship sounded like one of those 21st century made-up concepts to help […]
October 21, 2013
This past week I had an amazing opportunity to speak in front of 15 successful entrepreneurs at a conference in San Francisco. I ran a professional development session on Win-Win Communication. I started by asking each participant to think of a challenge faced at work or at home. Then we spent a great deal of […]
October 8, 2013
Recently my partner and I took a weekend trip to Philadelphia. It was the city of my college years, so as we walked the streets the memories that stirred in my mind were profound. They actually gave me goose bumps! As readers of my blog are acutely aware I love to share stories from my […]
September 10, 2013
My niece Tess just started her new high school. It’s a boarding school in New England. Trust me when I say it was her idea from the start. She wanted to attend. Her parents and I kept thinking that eventually she would have a change of heart. Living away from home at 14 just amazes […]
August 26, 2013
As my regular readers are acutely aware, I grew up in an Italian-American family. We attended a church (Mass) every Sunday. As a small boy I thought services were extremely repetitive and boring. But as I got older I became fascinated with the homily section of the service. This is where the talents and gifts […]