The Intertwined Cycles of Work and Life

Dateline: May 2, 2014 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. This week's WRAP comes from a new blog written my my friend and writer, Saundra Goldman.  Saundra recently launched Creative Mix, which she describes as a curated online studio for and about women stirring up new visions of the artist’s life, offering ideas and inspiration from … [Read more...]

Emotional Intelligence in Your IT Leaders

Dateline: April 11, 2014 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Do your IT leaders have a high level of emotional intelligence (EI)?  Recently Sanjog Aul, founder and host of CIO Talk Radio recently interviewed consultant and former CIO Scot Berkey.  Scot is also a long time facilitator at the SIM Regional Leadership Forum in Chicago and an … [Read more...]

Do You Work Too Much?

Dateline: January 31, 2014 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. This is our last week to officially explore personal leadership topics, although I can't promise that we will avoid these topics in the future.  This week's thought comes from Harvard Business Review's Blog Network. Duke University Adjunct Professor Dorie Clark posted a blog … [Read more...]

Required: Outstanding Listening Skills

Dateline: January 24, 2014 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. This week we continue to explore personal leadership topics, since January is a time of reflection, resolutions and  personal-objectives-setting.  Recently, Nancy Settle-Murphy, President of Guided Insights, published an article at Executive Briefs titled  Great (Virtual) … [Read more...]

Changing Yourself Takes Extraordinary Willpower

Dateline: January 10, 2014 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. This week we look at a thoughtful blog post by Dr Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Professor of Business Psychology at University College London, titled, "If you want to change, don't read this".  His post examines the science and research behind change and points out how difficult … [Read more...]

IT Leadership is Conveyed in How You Speak

Dateline: December 7, 2013 Welcome to our Friday WRAP – one thought-provoking idea to think about over the weekend. Recently, speaking coach and presentation guru Dr. Nick Morgan gave an online interview to Boston Society for Information Management (SIM) President Tom Catalini about how the way we speak can support, or undermine, our ability to lead IT.  The 20 min podcast is full of … [Read more...]