Mar 19, 2012 | Extra Points
Confidence. This is one of my favorite times of year. March Madness is filled with drama, excitement, and upsets. This year is no different. On Friday, #15 seeds Lehigh and Norfolk State broke everyone’s brackets by defeating #2 teams, Duke and Missouri...
Mar 14, 2012 | Extra Points
Team. I’ve been watching AMC’s hit television show, Mad Men on Netflix. I just finished Year 3 (two years ago so consider this your spoiler alert) where Don Draper leads a group of people from the firm, including two partners, to form their own agency....
Feb 28, 2012 | Uncategorized
I just finished a book by a colleague and friend, Andrew Sobel. Andrew and I were trained together by Alan Weiss as Master Mentors in March of 2009. We were the only two in that training and were treated to being trained by Alan in his suite at the Palace Hotel...
Jan 23, 2012 | Extra Points
Perspective on Life. Legendary Penn State football coach Joe Paterno passed away over the weekend at the age of 85. Paterno was the head man at Penn State for over 40 years and built a legacy of greatness on and off the football field at Happy Valley over the years....
Jan 3, 2012 | Extra Points
Feeding Forward. Marshall Goldsmith is one of the premier executive coaches in the world. One of his concepts is the “feed forward” process of thinking. “Feedback” is looking back at things that happened good or bad to judge what you do in the...