July 29, 2022

A Complaint Free World: Attitude is Your Most Important Choice

This is the 36th in a series of posts in which I share thoughts on a book that has inspired me over the years. Will Bowen […]
July 25, 2022

Put Your Ass Where Your Heart wants to Be

This is the 35th in a series of posts in which I share thoughts on a book that has inspired me over the years. Steven Pressfield […]
July 6, 2022

On Death and Dying: The Power of Hope

This is the 34th in a series of posts in which I share thoughts on a book that has inspired me over the years. I spent […]
June 14, 2022

Leaders Eat Last
Leading for a Culture of Ownership

This is the 33rd in a series of posts in which I share thoughts on a book that has inspired me over the years. I agree […]
June 14, 2022

Strategy
When sustaining hope is leadership Job #1

This is the 32nd in a series of posts in which I share thoughts on a book that has inspired me over the years. In Strategy, preeminent […]
June 14, 2022

The Art of Living
Authenticity and Imposter Syndrome

This is the 31st in a series of posts in which I share thoughts on a book that has inspired me over the years. I have […]
June 14, 2022

Happy Nurses Week!

Today is the first day of Nurses Week 2022. In this 2-minute video, I explain why Nursing has earned a lifetime lock on the honor of […]
June 14, 2022

Worry (and humor)
Why Laughter Matters Now More than Ever

This is the 30th in a series of posts in which I share thoughts on a book that has inspired me over the years. Early in […]
June 14, 2022

Gratitude and The Pickle Challenge

The second Gratitude Symposium hosted by Quint Studer is now open! Registration is free and gives you and your team access to presentations from 49 authorities on health and wellness, personal empowerment, […]
June 14, 2022

The Success Principles – Words Matter – Especially These Words

This is the 29th in a series of posts in which I share thoughts on a book that has inspired me over the years. Adding the […]
June 14, 2022

Perseverance in
the Red Zone

“I have marveled often at the thin line that divides success from failure and the sudden turn that leads from apparently certain disaster to comparative safety.” […]
June 14, 2022

Evidence Plus Imagination Creates Innovation

If you’re planning to attend the annual conference of the American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL) conference in San Antonio the week of April 11, please […]
June 14, 2022

Living Your Values in Challenging Times

Attitude is not everything but it’s close. A great attitude will not make you a great heart surgeon if you haven’t gone to medical school, but […]
June 14, 2022

Attitude is – Almost – Everything

Attitude is not everything but it’s close. A great attitude will not make you a great heart surgeon if you haven’t gone to medical school, but […]
June 14, 2022

Enjoy the Journey

I once invited two mountain climbers, Alan Hobson and Jamie Clarke, to speak at a conference I was hosting. They had summited Mount Everest on their […]
February 1, 2022

Why Nursing is the World’s Most Trusted Profession – Year after Year after Year

Almost every one of the heartbreaking stories represented by the 700,000 white flags (we are now at 885,000 and counting) in Suzanne Firstenberg’s soul-touching art exhibition In […]
January 26, 2022

Books that Inspire Me #26: A Leader’s Legacy

And a question for graduates of The Twelve Core Action Values This is the 26th in a series of posts in which I share thoughts on a […]
January 23, 2022

Books that Inspire Me #25: What to do When It’s Your Turn

This is the 25th in a series of posts in which I share thoughts on a book that has inspired me over the years.  I love […]
January 18, 2022

Books that Inspire Me #24: Leading an Inspired Life

Courageous leadership for goals that are important and meaningful This is the 24th in a series of posts in which I share thoughts on a book […]
January 7, 2022

Books that Inspire Me #23: The Obstacle is the Way: It’s Supposed to be Hard so Empower Yourself

This is the 23rd in a series of posts in which I share thoughts on a book that has inspired me over the years.  I was […]
January 6, 2022

Books that Inspire Me: #22 For Entrepreneurs Only: How to Transform Terror into Exhilaration

I think of this passage whenever I run into a brick wall. At the beginning of a project, everyone This is the 22nd in a series […]
December 29, 2021

What’s Your Power Word for 2022?

Every year, Children’s Hospital CEO John Nickens challenges his team members to identify one word that will inspire them during the year. Jon Gordon writes about […]
December 28, 2021

Turn Nyet into Not Yet

Don’t give up on dreams not realized in 2021 Sometimes “no” means “not yet.” Here in Iowa, we dreamed of a white Christmas. It came three […]
November 14, 2021

It’s National Pickle [Pledge] Day

Eat a Pickle, Don’t Be a Pickle I use Van Holten’s pickles for events because their whimsical sense of humor captures the spirit of The Pickle […]
November 12, 2021

The Pickle Challenge for Mental Health – Have Fun and Support an Urgent Cause

Eat a Pickle, Don’t Be a Pickle “We are sleepwalking into a mental health crisis.” That’s how one business journal described the fact that our world […]
November 11, 2021

Honor Our Nurse Veterans on this Veterans Day

Vietnam War Women’s Memorial in Washington DC  In their article In Country: U.S. Nurses During the Vietnam War (Working Nurse, October 5, 2020) Aaron Severson and Lorilea Johnson […]
November 1, 2021

Books that Inspire Me: #15 On the Frontiers of Management Apparent Failure in the Middle

This is the 15th in a series of posts in which I share thoughts on a book that has inspired me over the years.  I think […]
October 30, 2021

Books that Inspire Me: #14 Good Business Making Meaning in Times of Challenge

This is the 14th in a series of posts in which I share thoughts on a book that has inspired me over the years.  The pioneering […]
October 25, 2021

Books that Inspire Me: #13 Letters to a Young Poet

This is the 13th in a series of posts in which I share thoughts on a book that has inspired me over the years.  In 1903, […]
October 20, 2021

Books that Inspire Me: #12 All You Can Do…Is Enough

This is the 12th in a series of posts in which I share thoughts on a book that has inspired me over the years.  Over the […]