I know it sounds simple and obvious, but I believe it is important to take the time to self-reflect (yes, I am once again suggesting the benefit of SELF-REFLECTION) to “make the most of every day we are given.” I think the first time this concept really hit home for me was when I was a senior at Abington Heights
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Unless you are alone on a deserted island or hiding under a rock, you probably hear about DE&I at least several times a day and quite possibly more often than that! DE&I, which stands for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, is a topic that I want to really understand. As such, I take the time to listen to as many different
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One of the many benefits of self-reflection is that I try to carefully listen to what people say and why they say it. Sometimes I wonder if people are even aware of what they are saying. And often I realize having a sense of humor is helpful. One of my favorite examples is when someone is having an argument and
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Tom Hanks as the manager “Jimmy” in “A League of Their Own” made it very clear: “There’s no crying in baseball.” But is it okay to feel a little sad, Mr. Hanks/Jimmy? 😢 Okay, I thought I would take a little break and instead of a blog post on leadership and the four principles, here’s a post on BASEBALL. But
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It’s been a while (too long) since my last blog post. My colleague, Khalid Ali, who manages this website constantly reminds me that I owe him a blog post. So, I promised Khalid that I will send him a post at least every other week — if not more often. My only excuse for the delay in sending a post
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It amazes me to realize that the COVID pandemic started one year ago. Sometimes it feels like it started 10 years ago, and other times it feels like it began yesterday. I want to take a few minutes to SELF REFLECT on the pandemic, and attempt to look at it in a BALANCED way, the tragedy and the benefits,
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As you know, most of my teaching and writing these days is focused on leadership, values and ethics, and what it takes to become a values-based leader and lead a values-based organization. Nonetheless, since I started out my career in finance and was the CFO of Baxter International before becoming the Chairman and CEO, I LOVE discussing financial topics!!!! I
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Normally by this time I would have written a blog post wishing everyone a “Happy New Year.” This year, however, given what has happened in our country over the past several months, I decided that I needed to wait. No, the cause of my waiting is not the COVID pandemic. As terrible as the impact of the virus has been
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A friend summed up 2020 the other day for me: “Harry, the only good news regarding 2020 is that it is almost over.” Very few people have seen anything like it: A pandemic that has killed more than 1.5 million people around the world, including 280,000 Americans; 25 million Americans unemployed or underemployed, significant social unrest, and a U.S. presidential
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Here’s a blog post to take your mind away (at least temporarily) from the US presidential election and COVID 😉 Many years ago, as an 18-year-old freshman at Lawrence University, a liberal arts college in northeastern Wisconsin, I learned an invaluable lesson in my required Freshman Studies class. We were assigned to read everything from Plato’s Republic to Shakespeare’s plays,
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