Leading with Character – Nature or Nurture
This week my husband, Bob, and I toured the Delaware Water Gap (a national treasure!) and visited family down in New Jersey. We spent hours around...
Leading with Character: Practice Self Control
Leading with Character: Practice Self Control My friend and colleague, Rear Admiral, US Coast Guard Reserve (ret.) Rich Schneider is the former...
Leading with Character: Reach
Leading with Character: Reach I’ve recently discovered an excellent program for circuit weight training I can do right here in my home. It’s run by...
Leading with Character: More than the Minimum
Caption: Young women twisting string around the stalks of young shade grown tobacco. Tying the stalks to the overhead wires reduces damage from wind...
Leading with Character – Lost and Found
A few days ago, I was driving with my mother up to Middleboro, MA to get off Cape Cod for a change during the cold, snowy wintertime. On the...
Leading with Character – Don’t be Fooled
Leading people and teams is always hard, and even harder when the leader may struggle with messaging and keeping the team focused on the mission....
Leading with Character – High Performing Teams and the Path to Leading Them
I believe performing a task as an effective team can be even harder than doing it alone. There are so many factors and issues at...
Leading with Character – High Performing Teams and the Path to Joining Them
When I was young, I gravitated to individual sports like tennis, swimming, gymnastics, track and field. I was more comfortable competing on my own,...
Leading with Character – Personal Core Values
The new year marks a new beginning. It’s the right time to think about where you are, who you are, and what you want to do in the year...
Leading with Character – Humbleness is Strength
In today’s divided and combative society, there seems to be a dearth of humility. There’s a “win at all costs” mentality that in the short term...

