Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day. The day we celebrate the loving relationships in our lives. Many of you reading this have that certain someone who is special in your life, the person who you call your Valentine. Are you one of the hundreds of thousands spending millions on chocolates, dinners, flowers, jewelry and hundreds of other gift items in an effort to demonstrate how much they mean to us? I’ve been read more…
Current events have created an interesting window from which to view the subject of leadership. At BEI we always are interested in leadership that builds a sense of engagement among those who we consider followers. The examples spotlighted today are not from employed work systems. Rather they come from current events, which tell us a great deal.
I remember as a child being fascinated by stories of the sinking of the Italian cruise liner Andrea Doria, after a collision at sea with the MS Stockholm off the coast of Nantucket. That fascination re-emerged with the grounding of the Costa Concordia off Giglio, Italy. I’m intrigued by this story. Why you might ask? read more…
I don’t know about you but when I think about the first 12 days of 2012 it seems as if I’ve already experienced a lifetime. Acceleration of change seems to be the theme that’s emerged. And that is why I am writing this blog before dawn on Friday AM rather than my norm of midweek.
Last week I gave you a set of steps to turn dreams into reality. Have any of you tried it? Would love to hear some feedback. This week I am still receiving greetings for the New Year. 2012 is supposed to be a year of read more…
Whew, 2012 is finally here Happy New Year!
If your life is anything like mine you‘ve been on a rollercoaster for the last few weeks. Fortunately Dan and I were able to take five days at the beach on eastern long over New Year’s. Nothing greater than taking a brisk walk along the shore on a cold winter’s day which just happens to be the first day of a new year. The sun was so bright that the stones deposited on the sand from the last high tide were glittering like diamonds. This is the time read more…
I will keep this blog short and to the point. We at Bova Enterprises, Inc. Building Engaged Organizations wish each of you a Blessed Christmas and a Happy, Healthy, Peaceful and Prosperous New Year. The thought occurred to me as I wrote Blessed Christmas, if I was being politically incorrect? Am I offending friends and colleagues of other faiths, or no faith at all? I hope not, as that is not the intention. We at BEI celebrate Christmas and in the spirit of the holiday I am extending blessings to you from my faith base.
At this time we say goodbye to Yong June Lee our intern from Baruch College who has been helping us with our social media. We appreciate his efforts this semester and wish him well in his career.
Wishing you all a wonderful holiday season!
We just arrived home from a glorious 11day vacation in Hawaii. First stop Maui for the fairytale wedding of friends and then off to the Big Island Hawaii. We arrived in Maui in what was for us the middle of the night, made it to our hotel and crashed till our breakfast date with the bride and groom. The real vacation did not begin until we landed at Kona Airport the following Monday. Just the drive from the airport to the home we were staying in was awesome. Pulling out of the Dollar Rental lot onto the highway we were awestruck by read more…
While driving back from the East End of Long Island Sunday evening I had to do some dancing along the airwaves to find the music I wanted to listen to for the 115 mile trip. Traveling through different counties interferes with FM radio reception. As I went from rock, to Greek, to classic and jazz, I couldn’t believe that one of the stations was read more…
In a recent conversation a woman who was lamenting her recent college graduate son has been unable to find a job. I asked what he majored in and she said he was an engineer. I commented. “I thought engineers are in demand” read more…
Inspiration comes from many sources. But you’d never guess it from the negativity we hear about everywhere. I was just listening to read more…
Are you one of those people who like to read your horoscope in the newspaper regularly, or follow an astrological newsletter? Most who have been reading my blogs know I frequently mention mercury retrogrades. I guess I am one of the curious about the influence astrology has in our everyday lives. Yesterday I received a newsletter from Rose Marcus discussing the current astral configuration as one “moving great multitudes over great distances” Go to Rosemarcus.com
In the past week my mailbox has been flooded with invitations to listen to webinars or sign up for teleconferences addressing the need to come together and influence the course of events here on earth. You can visit the Shiftnetwork.com or worldwidetippingpoint.com to learn more about these efforts to align people to focus on world peace, responsibility and accountability. In its simplest form this is an attempt to test out the Hundredth Monkey Theory that was so popular years ago. Why not participate? The thought of having millions of people aligning towards world peace is thrilling to me.
From the standpoint of the workplace wouldn’t it be exciting if management and employees truly did align according to a set of core values and actually walked their talk. I met with a company last week, which seems to be doing just that. A bank intent on realizing its strategic plan to become a full scale commercial bank ( I won’t name them without permission) has trained branch managers and personnel in new ways of thinking and shifting their mindset by introducing some of Napoleon Hill’s concepts. They’ve expanded the program to tellers and corporate personnel. The Napoleon Hill work stresses self-responsibility for what happens in one’s life. This is an exciting attempt to build greater engagement throughout their organization.
I do hope you will check out some of the websites I’ve referred to. Note that mercury will begin retrograding at the end of the month Thanksgiving Day to be exact. Wishing you all a Blessed Thanksgiving. BEI will be closed from November 24th –December 6th. Watch for our next newsletter in mid December. Blogs will continue weekly.
