There seems to be debate about whether Leaders are born or raised. Some believe that leaders are born and no amount of training or conditioning can replicate their ability. Others hold that Leadership is a trainable skill and that it can be transferred from one… read more»

Empowering people, whether they are employees or volunteers, has more to do with 'who' they are than 'what' we permit them to do. The term empowerment implies a sense of "I have the power/ability - you don't, and I am looking for some terms under… read more»

As a Swimming World record holder I spent many hours in the swimming pool and in the gym, doing workouts. The workouts are designed to tax the mind and the body to a new level of stress, damage or breakdown. Then (by design) the mind… read more»

At first pass, people seem to make little distinction between praise and affirmation, often substituting the one word for the other. In reality though, there is a measurable difference in the attitude and satisfaction of a person who is praised when compared with a person… read more»