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Leading with Character: Inspiring Others

Leading with Character: Inspiring Others

Leading with Character: Inspiring Others As I worked my way up through the ranks in the US Coast Guard, my focus shifted from learning to lead myself and developing my own leadership skills to developing and leading others. There’s so much power in giving back because...
Leading with Character: The Art of Listening

Leading with Character: The Art of Listening

Leading with Character: The Art of Listening Autumn on Cape Cod is my favorite season. Mother Nature announces herself like a haughty guest who arrives fashionably late to a party—dressed well, strutting boldly, with the intent to create a sensation. Making a grand...
Leading with Character: Lifelong Learning

Leading with Character: Lifelong Learning

Leading with Character: Lifelong Learning Shortly after I retired from the US Coast Guard in 2018, my mother-in-law posed a question that no one had ever asked me before, “Sandy, what motivated you to stay in the Coast Guard for 40 years?” I’d been asked a million...
Leading with Character: WARP Speed to Succeed

Leading with Character: WARP Speed to Succeed

Leading with Character: WARP Speed to Succeed Earlier this week, I was eating breakfast while reading the newspaper and came across an article that proposed a way to achieve “effortless success.” The method was to pull back and stop short of the goal or requirement. I...
Leading with Character: Pioneering Women of Character

Leading with Character: Pioneering Women of Character

Leading with Character: Pioneering Women of Character Our Nation quietly observed Women’s Equality Day on August 26th to commemorate adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment to the US Constitution on that date in 1920. It’s surprising to me that this historically...
Leading with Character: Building Bridges

Leading with Character: Building Bridges

Lately, I’ve been disappointed to watch as fellow Americans work furiously, with misplaced passion, to build fences that separate themselves from others. I can’t understand that mentality. Wouldn’t it be better to build bridges to unite and strengthen organizations,...