Question: Pete, I assign my people tasks and I get back a hundred questions, many of which make me wonder if they can think for themselves. […]

As he prepares to assume the presidency of the United States on Friday, Donald Trump formally inherits the world’s most powerful platform for communicating. No, not […]

Did you know that 12 percent of all annual charitable giving occurs in the last three days of the year? If you are still wondering what […]

In the 1946 movie It’s a Wonderful Life, Jimmy Stewart plays the part of George Bailey, the selfless leader of the Bailey Building & Loan who, […]

“Christmas is a season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.” ~ Washington Irving Good leaders […]

In the 1944 film “Gaslight,” The actor, Charles Boyer, plays a scheming husband who slowly tries to drive his wife (played by Ingrid Bergman) insane so that […]

Question: Pete, our company is reassessing our organizational design. My boss points to some of the trends in the technology sector — at Zappos and a […]

Gratitude is “the quality of being thankful; readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness.” When we have gratitude, we possess a heightened sensitivity to […]

A half mile from our home in Canandaigua, New York sits the Ontario County Courthouse. My youngest daughter, Clare (a ninth grader), and I walked the […]

Fear, Aristotle said, is the expectation of evil. Mel Gibson’s latest biographical WWII film, Hacksaw Ridge, is about Desmond T. Doss, who received the Medal of […]