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I get that we are busy. There are always more things to do than we have time for. Instant messaging and texting have become mediums of the present, symptoms of our obsession with doing "more" and being "more" available. Indeed, we are people in a hurry.
"O wad some Pow'r the giftie gie us / To see oursels as others see us! / It wad frae mony a blunder free us, / An' foolish notion!" -Robert Burns
Burns' famous quote is far better known than its source. It comes from a poem entitled "To a Louse," in which he pillories a self-satisfied society lady with a head louse strolling across the back of her bonnet. Art often imitates life and almost certainly provides commentary on human foibles, so there is much to be appreciated in the poem.
By Steve Baker
Your big decision could well be a better one by letting it percolate a while longer.
The 100-degree heat leapt off the sandstone walls, searing any patch of unprotected skin. At our feet, the 40-degree water of the Colorado River made ankles ache with cold. A group of strangers gathered around huge rubber rafts, getting ready to challenge the Grand Canyon.
By Art Dykstra
Judging by the invitations to read that come across my desk or computer screen, it is obvious that today much attention is being given to the matter of corporate or organizational culture. Perhaps management consultants and academics are becoming more aware of the impact culture has on organizational productivity and performance. Mindful leaders in touch with their organization have known this for a long time.
By Art Dykstra
Let’s be what we should be, public benefit organizations.
As the CEO of a nonprofit organization for the last fifteen years, I have spent time with corporate officers from the for-profit sector on many occasions. Frequently, they share a general misperception about how a nonprofit actually works. People don’t understand the business practices it follows, and they underestimate its employees’ skills and talents. The organization’s “cause” is better understood and appreciated than the work it performs.
