I love bricks, To run your finger down the lines, To feel for bumps of sand, To figure out how many bricks it takes to build that wall, that house, that building, that town. To watch a building go up brick by brick, wall by wall, And wondered, How do they turn out so straight?…
I had the opportunity to attend a lecture at Meharry Medical College. Meharry is one of the nation’s oldest and largest historically black academic health science centers dedicated to educating physicians, dentists, researchers, and health policy experts. The President James E.K. Hildreth is relatively new to the college and was the speaker for the lecture…
What happens when a child or grandchild does something funny? What happens when a spouse or coworker does something stupid? What happens when you have terrible travel connections? We tell a story! We are “hard-wired” for story. It’s how we make sense of the world, it’s how we explain and understand, and it’s how we…
Over my working years, I have had some great bosses. What Jim Collins calls Level 5 leaders – humble, committed to the mission, effective, and caring leaders. I’ve also had some less competent bosses that I’d place in four broad characterizations and my suggestions on how to deal with these general traits. Meddler The person…
