by Beth FItzgerald | Dec 13, 2021 | Leadership, Motivational Monday, Success
Doug and I were in DC this weekend, with all of our children, for some holiday fun. Sunday morning we decided to get gas and add air to one of our tires, that’s being a little pesky, before we left the city. We went to a local gas station, that’s honestly...
by Beth FItzgerald | Dec 7, 2021 | Kindness, Leadership, Self-Confidence, Success
I read an article the other day that told the tale of a CEO who fired 900 employees over Zoom. I couldn’t believe the callousness of his actions as I learned of how this played out. His words were straight to the point, “If you’re on this call, you...
by beth | Nov 30, 2021 | Compassion, Grace, Inspirational, Kindness, Leadership, Reflection
Last night, my son was watching a hockey game on T.V. — the Buffalo Sabres versus the Seattle Kraken to be exact. It’s NHL Fights Cancer Month, so purple is the color of everything and they do a lot of messaging around this cause. They interviewed the head coach...
by beth | Nov 8, 2021 | Character, Confrontation, Emotions, Grace, Happiness, Kindness, Leadership, Motivational Monday, Patience, Peace, Reflection, Stress
I saw this picture posted on Facebook about a week or so ago by a parent of a child who attends Indiana University and I immediately took a screenshot of the post. This poster not only belongs on the entrance to every medical facility in the world right now, but it...
by Beth FItzgerald | Sep 24, 2021 | Emotions, Kindness, Leadership, Success
“A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar.” Benjamin Franklin The truth is, we all know this. We we’ve heard it a million times. Yet, we still lose our way sometimes. We lose our way because our emotions get the best of us....
by Beth FItzgerald | Aug 26, 2021 | Leadership, Power, Success
I was listening to a great audiobook yesterday, Power Moves, by Adam Grant. He was interviewing Stewart Butterfield, the CEO of Slack and they were talking about power as it pertains to leaders. Butterfield said money doesn’t make you an a$$hole, it simply makes...