Eileen McDargh

Feb 14, 20141 min read

Peachy Keen - A Sea Creature That Resembles Humans!

Sometimes, the animal kingdom comes way too close to resembling our existence. The Sea Peach is a somewhat fuzzy creature...

Eileen McDargh

Feb 13, 20143 min read

Intelligent Optimism Wins In Today’s World

The reality of today’s world seems to leave little room for optimism. Almost every news story can lead because it does bleed.

Eileen McDargh

Feb 8, 20142 min read

Taming The Technostress

Last week, my big desktop PC crashed, my laptop got the “blue screen: of death”. The

Eileen McDargh

Feb 5, 20144 min read

Today’s Economy DEMANDS A Critical Skill: Optimism

Global warming. Water shortages. Terrorism. Failing health care system. Wars around the globe. Gas prices. Severe economic downturn.

Eileen McDargh

Feb 4, 20141 min read

#1 Thing Snowed—In Atlanta Needed—and Didn’t Have

PRESILIENCE!™ Don’t look up the word. I made it up.

Eileen McDargh

Jan 31, 20142 min read

Who Stands At Your Finish Line?

Seth Godin recently wrote a great blog that added another dimension to resiliency: your pit crew.

Eileen McDargh

Jan 30, 20142 min read

Reclaiming Our Resilient Spirit

Our spirits are taking a beating. The daily barrage of bad news, violence, shrinking resources, global warming, and economic slowdown...

Eileen McDargh

Jan 30, 20141 min read

Pete Seeger Lived with Me in College

His music, that is. I taught myself the guitar and many a night, I’d have girls in my dorm room...

Eileen McDargh

Jan 28, 20143 min read

Seasonal Stress Stretches Resiliency

Maybe it was the hot water pipe that burst in the foundation that started the meltdown.

Eileen McDargh

Jan 15, 20142 min read

I Make Up Words. Truth in the Telling

Resiliency requires adaptation, finding patterns that others might not see.

Eileen McDargh

Jan 14, 20143 min read

Wanted: A Dictionary-Perfect Leader

Log on to Amazon. com and you’ll find, at last count, 10,671 titles under the heading “Leadership”.

Eileen McDargh

Dec 27, 20134 min read

Top Five Mistakes Leaders Make in These Troubled Times

Even Joe the Pipefitter must look askance at some of the moves made in corporate America when faced with a string of bad news.

Eileen McDargh

Dec 7, 20131 min read

Mandela Memory Underscores a Resilient Leader

You have heard of the passing of Nelson Mandela, the first president of South Africa elected by all of her people in 1994.

Eileen McDargh

Nov 30, 20132 min read

Resilient Insights from a Turkey Trot

The runners passed me: old, young, pot-bellied, knock-kneed, pushing baby strollers, wearing turkey hats, and boasting feather bonnets.

Eileen McDargh

Nov 29, 20133 min read

Top Three People to Thank–And We Seldom Do

The Family Caregiver Alliance says there are 65.7 million caregivers- 29% of the U.S. adult population who are involved in caring for others

Eileen McDargh

Nov 28, 20131 min read

Grateful for Simple Wonders

Wind and rain came through last night, pummeling the garden that I had just cleaned of debris and planted new growth for the winter.

Eileen McDargh

Nov 27, 20133 min read

Workout Wisdom for the Workplace

The dictionary defines workout as a “physical or mental effort or activity directed toward the production or accomplishment of something.”

Eileen McDargh

Nov 8, 20134 min read

FROM THE COCKPIT: Lessons in Leading Through Crisis

From consolidations, mergers, and acquisitions to re- engineering profit centers, managers are faced with what often appears to be “crisis”

Eileen McDargh

Oct 16, 20133 min read

Winning the Talent War In Turbulent Times

No industry is immune to the influence of our current economic slowdown.

Eileen McDargh

Oct 9, 20133 min read

Uncovering Soul in the Workplace

The San Francisco Chronicle recently reported “soul is in”. In a headline calling it “the buzzword of the ’90s” a front-page story reported.

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