Evil Will Not Win

On the evening of June 17, 2015, a young man walked into the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina with terror in his heart. For an hour he sat with the group gathered for a prayer meeting. Then he turned his thoughts into action and opened fire. His bullets were meant to start […]

True Leadership

My sister Carole studied dance, unlike my brother and me who went to the pinnacle of business success with MBAs from Harvard Business School. Yet throughout her working life, Carole has quietly made a difference as a leader in our family businesses and working for others. For many years she ran Best Regards, our greeting […]

Stop your own press and wait for an explanation

“Where’s Romeo” I wondered at 1.15 p.m. on Monday confident that we had confirmed our call for 1.00 p.m. I dropped him an e-mail and let the thought go as I always have a backlog of work to catch up on (I once read research that showed that the average executive has over 230 hours […]

Plenty-nine

How old is “plenty-nine”? A few days ago, my dear friend Debby celebrated her ninetieth birthday. Her party yesterday was one of those events where love abounded in infinite amounts and joy reigned gloriously. I felt blessed and honoured to be counted among the specially invited – nothing could have kept me away – I […]

Songs of Love

  There is ONE LOVE, it’s the GREATEST LOVE OF ALL and it’s ALL YOU NEED! Happy LOVE Day – make every moment a moment of LOVE – think love, speak love, do love, be love   Three of my favourite songs about LOVE – what are yours? One Love – Bob Marley All You […]

20 hours of being present – at Second City Toronto

For the past two weekends, I have been immersed in Improv (aka Improvisational Theatre) training at the world-reknown Second City in Toronto.   “Improv?”  my friends asked when they heard “You plan to do standup?”  Well, no.  Truth is, I signed up because I thought improv would add to my facilitation and public speaking toolbox.  […]

A second chance …

One day last October, as I “happened” to be clearing the Inbox of my old Jamaican e-mail address,  I discovered an e-mail that read: “This is Lisa.  I’ve been trying to find you and I’m so happy to have come across your blog and then I searched for your email. I hope this is still […]

“Work is love made visible”

  As you can see from the above photo, I was delighted beyond all measure at a lovely surprise.  I was facilitating a workshop with Island Grill, a longstanding client, two weeks ago.  In the middle of the workshop, Thalia, the CEO said “We have something for you” and presented me with a citation that reads: […]

Love is …. sharing from my friend Nadine

You may consider me lazy this morning.  But I HAD to share this, for no words emanating from me could say it better.  From my friend Nadine McNeil comes these words on LOVE! http://www.elephantjournal.com/2011/02/love-is/#comments Happy Valentine’s Day to my free and laughing community!  Today and every day remember that there is One Mind One Heart […]

How long is a “moment”?

It is the thing these days to “be in the present moment”.  How long is a moment?  Is it a minute?  A second?  30 seconds?  A day? A moment is not a matter of time as measured by the human clock.  The dictionary describes it as “an indefinitely short period of time”.  I also find […]

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