http://www.dancingstar.com Coaching and Development for Leaders in Business Sun, 21 Feb 2010 23:10:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I woke up this morning from a dream calling out for my mom, in tears from missing her. Is it because I had a conversation at a party last night with two other women whose mothers are now going through what mine went through with dementia, specifically Alzheimers? ... http://www.dancingstar.com/uncategorized/grief/ "Leaders listen for the future of their organization" - and I would add, of their world. I came across this quote in a book I'm reading, called "The Three Laws of Performance", by Zaffron and Logan.  The quote resonated with me, because when I was in my 40s and trying to ... http://www.dancingstar.com/uncategorized/listening-for-the-future/ These days, we tend to talk about sustainability in terms of the environment, global warming, corporate responsibility. I think we need to talk about it on both a broader and a more personal level. We are all citizens of the world.  Whether we like it or not, want it or not, we ... http://www.dancingstar.com/uncategorized/on-sustainability-what-i%e2%80%99m-finding-in-london/ This blog covers my travels over the spring and summer of 2009.  Here's where I've gotten to. May in Massachusetts was productive.  I found someone to rent my house for at least a year, and someone to rent my studio for the summer and take care of my cat, meaning I'm ... http://www.dancingstar.com/uncategorized/london/ A week ago last Saturday, May 2, was my friend Frankie's funeral in Harlem. Frankie was a dancer.  But not just any dancer – Frankie was a key architect of the Lindy Hop.  You've probably heard of it as swing or Jitterbug, but if so you've only heard a small and ... http://www.dancingstar.com/blog/farewell-frankie/ Traveling has always been a source of juice for me, creativity, new energy.   That's why I decided to take the summer to go back to the UK, go visit a friend in Greece, maybe go to France and/or Italy and/or Spain... I'm now considering buying a round-the-world ticket and going to ... http://www.dancingstar.com/blog/holding-back-%e2%80%93-not-no-more-nyet/ I had a problem with my phone today. It seems to me that many people I know who use Verizon have problems with their phones. That might be my bias, because every time I have had a problem with Verizon it has been painful trying to resolve it, so I ... http://www.dancingstar.com/blog/complex-problems/ The other day when I sat in one of my meetings, I heard the person next to me speaking about hope. Thinking about it as I write, it was like I was sitting so close to the idea of hope that I could practically touch it. I can still ... http://www.dancingstar.com/blog/hope/ Most business people don’t like meetings. I participate regularly in a very different kind of meeting, and it occurs to me that incorporating some of the characteristics of my kind of meetings into business meetings could be good for all concerned. I sit in my meetings on a regular basis, ... http://www.dancingstar.com/blog/meetings/ Blog-wise, I'm taking this week off in honor of the 4th of July - Independence Day here in the US. Some other opportunities have come up, and I can't do everything I want to do. Thinking about all the things on your plate one by one, how important is each? What ... http://www.dancingstar.com/blog/4th-of-july/