by Shelley Row | Sep 9, 2015 | Business Skills, Decision-Making, Leadership
Watch and listen to Shelley’s New VideoCast Series on Leading Change. No matter what your organization does, change can be tricky. But change is part of organizational life. Our world is changing faster than ever. The astute leader must understand change...
by Shelley Row | Sep 8, 2015 | Decision-Making, Leadership
By the time I arrived, she was groggy, clammy and complaining of chest pains. The emergency management technicians (EMTs) drove up to my mother’s house in spite of me giving them the wrong address. Red lights reflected off the windows as they pulled into the...
by Shelley Row | Aug 31, 2015 | Decision-Making, Leadership
How many cathedrals are enough? After traveling over Europe I had enough of soaring cathedrals with vast interiors filled with church art and relics. But, my husband, born and raised a Catholic, has a cathedral fetish. And so it was that we walked around the outside...
by Shelley Row | Aug 24, 2015 | Decision-Making, Leadership
We didn’t know where to go so we followed the throng of people. We jostled through the streets of Monaco under a blazing blue sky. We were traveling in southern France, and to our surprise we learned about the qualifying time trials that were taking place for...
by Shelley Row | Aug 18, 2015 | Business Skills, Decision-Making, Leadership
Have you ever tried to persuade someone and it did not go well? You have all the facts and data; you have a compelling case and the answer seems obvious – at least to you. Yet, they are not convinced and their arguments seem counterintuitive. This situation plays out...
by Shelley Row | Aug 9, 2015 | Business Skills, Decision-Making, Leadership
Whoo-hoo! I was promoted to mid-management (GS-13 in government lingo). I was going to Headquarters! I made it! …not so fast. My first assignment was to write policy on the use of motorcycles in HOV lanes. If you think that doesn’t sound very exciting,...