The Bad News Eradicator, a continuing Executive Action life-changing feature will show you how to avoid non-communication, debates, arguments, anger and contention in your speaking, writing and your life. This life-changing exercise begins with the eradication of negative language, phrases and statements.

Parts 3, 4, and 5 of 10 Areas For Your Serious Personal & Professional Consideration & Reflection. Start by changing your mindset and your entire philosophy of work.

If the president and Congress are truly serious about finding remedies for the victims of sexual abuse they can do something about it, and pretty fast. Congress needs to pass a law that suspends all state statutes of limitations laws on sex crimes for a period of 4 to 5 years.

The Bad News Eradicator, a continuing Executive Action feature will show you how to avoid non-communication, debates, arguments, anger and contention in your speaking and writing. One of the most powerful strategies I teach is the eradication of negative language, phrases and statements.

Parts 1 and 2 of 10 Areas For Your Serious Personal & Professional Consideration & Reflection. Start by changing your mindset and your entire philosophy of work.

The Bad News Eradicator, a continuing Executive Action feature will show you how to avoid non-communication, debates, arguments, anger and contention in your speaking and writing. One of the most powerful strategies I teach is the eradication of negative language, phrases and statements.

Over the years, I’ve developed, taught, coached and advocated a powerful and helpful communication philosophy that reinforces the value an independent adviser can bring. At the same time, this approach defines my ethical approach to life, to work and to trouble. I call these “intentions” because this is how I seek to operate my life every day, and to teach others to do the same.

Where were you on 9/11, 2001? I had an appointment at the March of Dimes headquarters in White Plains New York to discuss, I really don’t remember. As I cleared security I noticed there were lots of televisions running loudly and just about everybody was clustered around one of them. I arrived just when the first building collapsed. This was all happening just 28 miles south of us in Manhattan.

Working in ethics and giving ethical advice is among the most challenging tasks we have as practitioners and advisers. Developing a personal core value approach, which you can talk about and teach to others, is an essential part of having the access, impact and influence required of a trusted strategic ethics advisor.

When the subject is ethics, I’m always drawn to a simple statement made by Will Durant, who with his wife, Ariel, spent several decades writing an amazing series of books called The Story of Philosophy. His definition (a philosopher’s I grant you) of ethics is “the search for perfect behavior.” Some translations say “the search for ideal behavior.” You get the idea.