With every new technology I have tried to embrace the newness. I tried Snapchat and Instagram. Years ago I gave up my beloved flip phone. I have a SMART TV that is smarter than me. I stream Netflix and Amazon...
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I belong to the Cleveland City Club for moments like this. To many who attend their Friday signature lunch speaker series, the Cleveland City Club is a short walk from their office. For me it is a 3-4 hour round...
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Of course I have a thousand opinions about the Inaugural Address. I won’t comment here. Somewhere around Obama’s fourth year in office a CEO said to me, “Leslie I know you can separate the person from the politics but I...
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I am a basketball fan and a Campy Russell fan. I’m not sure in which order. I have had the opportunity and honor to interview Campy once a year for more than a dozen years. He never fails to give...
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In communication the number three is an important number. From childhood we remember Ready, Set, Go; the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria; and breakfast, lunch and dinner. So it should come as no surprise that my most recent CEO lessons...
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All kinds of studies say that today’s students will have jobs that don’t even exist today. This has been true for awhile; people are doing jobs that did not exist when they were in grade school or high school or...
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WOW- we talk about things being classic and “one for the ages” but this game really filled the bill. With no offense OSU figured out how to win a game in double overtime. It was crazy. Two missed field goals,...
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A tripod is a dog with three legs. Usually they come to this stage in their life as a result of an injury or bone cancer. I met my first tripod when I was a little girl and the neighbor...
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There are effective answers to the “what do you do” question and there are less effective answers to that dreaded question. Recently I heard the worst answer ever to this question. Seated at a round table of a discussion group,...
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