by Minter Dial | Jan 14, 2016 | Leadership
Have you ever heard the phrase: Nothing personal, it’s business” The hairs on the back of my neck bristle at the thought. This type of pre-emptive sentence is a barely veiled attempt to temper the blow. It typically accompanies a severe and/or harshly...
by Minter Dial | Dec 8, 2015 | Leadership
Last week, I conducted a survey and received nearly 200 responses. You can see the first post on the topic here, featuring the results across the 13 questions, each of which tackled a specific “digital” situation. For each question, the respondents were...
by Minter Dial | Nov 26, 2015 | Leadership
I wrote a first post, inspired by this Ted Talk given by Debra Jarvis, a chaplain, about the importance of defining your meaning and claiming your experience. In this post, I tackle a second message that resonated with me in her speech; one that pertains to...
by Minter Dial | Nov 17, 2015 | Leadership, Meaningfulness
Peace for Paris A photo posted by @jean_jullien on Nov 13, 2015 at 3:05pm PST As I wrote on my personal blog, #ParisAttacks Aftershocks and the Urge to Find Meaning, there seems little doubt that we are going to see a lasting effect of the cumulative terrorist...
by Minter Dial | Nov 9, 2015 | Leadership
After a post I wrote last week about burn out, I was gifted some wonderful comments. They were not comments one might easily publish since, at the end of the day, they represent some of our deepest fears, issues and convictions. What is for sure is that many of us...