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That Angry Moment.

American voters had their angry moment this week. They turned the U.S. House of Representatives over to the Republican Party. It was an object lesson in the failure of leadership. This was not a partisan moment. It was a moment of supreme despair and frustration. If the blameworthy Republicans drove the car into the ditch—as President Obama said so often on the campaign trail—it became his administration’s failure to get it out of the ditch and back on the road to jobs and a renewed sense of optimism that doomed Democrats in the mid-term elections. Continue reading

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The Startling Lessons of Being a Rookie

In my career I’ve had the benefit of observing the working style and behaviors of hundreds of business executives, community leaders and professionals.  Each of them brought differing personalities, temperaments, skills, and experiences to our shared work.  Many of them provided important or interesting teaching moments.  … Continue reading

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Cups vs Cookies – Tasty Politics!

On a recent swing through Richmond, Virginia the hunt for fresh coffee and fossil fuel landed me at the 7-Eleven in Glen Allen (somehow I missed the nearby Starbuck’s). It also gave me the first opportunity to vote in the 2008 Presidential … Continue reading

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