Great Circle

Every two weeks or so, I have a phone conversation with a good friend of mine Julie. She’s also a coach. We did our training together and have kept in close contact ever since. This close contact we share has proved SO valuable to us both as we share our discoveries, collaborate on ideas, hold [...]

Twenty-year marketing veteran and business-owner Roland Reinhart has a creative and seriously good message for those of us who manage people or manage projects, and he explores the world of work and marketing and business on his website Hate Something, Change Something. I am really enjoying his latest podcast series: Run Your Business like Gordon Ramsey. [...]

Randy Frazee (in his book The Connecting Church) wrote the following: “Whatever we measure is really our mission“ In other words, you might say that you are committed to being a cheerful parent who makes his/her children feel appreciated and safe in the world. And yet your measurement of how well things are going at [...]

If you’re on the verge of an important decision or faced with a great problem or a great opportunity, read on! Ever played Chess? In the greatest strategy game ever created, you don’t just roll the dice on your turn and move to the space indicated. You face multiple variations, possibilities, choices. You’re required to [...]

“What if a diesel engine was built by someone who hates them?” So begins Honda’s creative advertising (in the UK I think) for its revolutionised diesel engine. I’m not going to write anymore about Honda, because it’s the phrase that lead their campaign that caught my attention: Hate Something, Change Something, (Make Something Better). What [...]

Loved this post by Elly Jolly. It got me thinking about the way I so often utter wellmeaning commitments without thinking them through first. Deciphering the difference between the promises you do make and the promises you have made in a rash moment helps us to keep in integrity. Take time out and stop to think [...]

80% of Companies Won’t Fail in 5 Years – Do you own a start-up business and hear the horror stories and statistics that tell you you’re probably doomed? Think again… Operation Order – a terrific lesson from the US Army on effective event planning for the frazzled leader. The Benefit of Mistakes – a B&B owner takes [...]

Remember when we were kids and ripping off that band-aid was such a trial? “I can’t do it: IT’S GONNA HURT!!!” In my last Whetstone newsletter, I published a Laurie Beth Jones article on procrastination. In it, she made these points:  We often choose the complicated ambling route … when if we just went straight at [...]