Hey Leaders! Forget motivation. Go for inspiration.

Eileen McDargh

Oct 11, 20142 min read

Hey Leaders! Forget motivation. Go for inspiration.

The most recent copy of Spirituality & Health Magazine contained a right-on-the-money article by Lance Secretan.

Eileen McDargh

Oct 8, 20143 min read

Perfection is the enemy of resiliency.

This week, Bill Treasurer’s new book, Leaders Open Doors, hits the stores. He kindly provided the following post for me.

MORE Leadership Lessons Learned in a Canoe

Eileen McDargh

Oct 3, 20142 min read

MORE Leadership Lessons Learned in a Canoe

DATELINE: Ontario, Canada and Minnesota, USA We battle 30-knot headwinds across Lake Saganaga.

Eileen McDargh

Sep 19, 20141 min read

60 Years A Nun

Just returned from Columbia, PA and the 60th jubilee celebration of my aunt, Sister Mary Clare Reineberg...

Eileen McDargh

Sep 13, 20142 min read

People Don't Resist Change

I’m getting ready to present a workshop on resiliency for yet another organization going through change.

Cry Me a River—the Resilient Power of Humor

Eileen McDargh

Sep 6, 20142 min read

Cry Me a River—the Resilient Power of Humor

Watching the news today. Joan River’s death is reported everywhere. Flowers and candles hide her star on Hollywood’s famed sidewalk.

Eileen McDargh

Aug 2, 20142 min read

Monarch Butterfly Magic (ear)Rings True

I’m up to 10 milkweed plants in the garden. Eight of them have been stripped to the bare stalks by voracious caterpillars.

Why Our Human Compulsion for the Number 3?

Eileen McDargh

Jul 26, 20141 min read

Why Our Human Compulsion for the Number 3?

What is it about our love for the lowly number three? Amazon lists over two million books that begin with that word.

The Law of Diminished Returns Kills Productivity, Profits, and Tragically - Sometimes People

Eileen McDargh

Jul 14, 20142 min read

The Law of Diminished Returns Kills Productivity, Profits, and Tragically - Sometimes People

In a recent Bloomberg article, “Vacation-Phobic Americans Donate a Million Years of Work Annually,”...

Eileen McDargh

Jun 16, 20141 min read

I’m a New Mom—Kinda...

To my complete amazement, about one week ago, I discovered I was pregnant — pregnant with the possibility for the birth of a Monarch....

Eileen McDargh

May 29, 20141 min read

Seattle University Wins A Student-Maybe

My first-born granddaughter will make her decision about what college to enter by May. She has offers from six. All good schools.

What would you do it you lost the “tools” of your trade?

Eileen McDargh

May 26, 20142 min read

What would you do it you lost the “tools” of your trade?

As a speaker, facilitator, consultant, I am very much a public person. My stock in trade is talking before others - sometimes thousands.

Eileen McDargh

May 25, 20141 min read

38 Winged Women of WWII–A Memorial

Arlington Cemetery takes one's breath away. So many soldiers. So many lives ended. So many stories to be told on this Memorial Day weekend.

Synergy Strikes. Kare Anderson Leaves Me Smiling!

Eileen McDargh

May 23, 20141 min read

Synergy Strikes. Kare Anderson Leaves Me Smiling!

She's an Emmy award winner, fabulous writer, and a brilliant thinker.

Eileen McDargh

May 20, 20141 min read

The One Letter Difference

The UGH became a HUG. Great lesson. Picked me off the floor. Don’t cry for something that won’t cry for you.

Eileen McDargh

May 17, 20141 min read

Balance? Who Holds Your Hand

I am holding the hand of Max, my 16 year-old neighbor, a sweet surfer young man and academic scholar (not mutually exclusive).

Eileen McDargh

May 16, 20143 min read

Presiliency: Preventative Resiliency

Three skills we need to constantly hone and develop now before they are “needed”.

Shut Up, Put Up, and Get Some Quiet Back

Eileen McDargh

May 13, 20142 min read

Shut Up, Put Up, and Get Some Quiet Back

When firestorms raged across Southern California and land lines were down, having a cell phone to call my family was a blessing.

Eileen McDargh

May 6, 20143 min read

Sixth Century Wisdom for 21st Century Changemasters

Despite a strong U.S. economy, unsettled change continues to bombard us. Mega-mergers boggle the mind with the endless zeros,,,

Compassion In Work Makes a BIG Difference; Soft Skills Matter Too

Eileen McDargh

Apr 17, 20142 min read

Compassion In Work Makes a BIG Difference; Soft Skills Matter Too

Two articles that reinforce a belief I have had for over 30 years: the hardest part about leadership is caused by the softest part—people.

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